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Just 25 years ago, credit executives were primarily concerned with financial risks — except of course for the Y2K bug that briefly stole the spotlight. Back then, the main question was simple: will this account pay us? Delinquency risk and the risk of default were the primary focus.
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Poor Credit Controls: Poor credit control practices can result in providing goods or services to high-riskaccounts that are likely to pay beyond terms or even default on payments. Please feel free to share this newsletter with your smallbusiness customers. Here’s more on Credit Checks.
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