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Get Ready for a Wave of Commercial Bankruptcies

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After, the Great Recession of 2008, commercial bankruptcies peaked in 2009 and did not drop below pre-recession levels until 2012. Clearly, the level of Business Credit Risk is going to remain elevated as we move through 2024, bringing with it the potential for corresponding increases in bad debt and delinquency.

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Seven Observations from Silicon Valley Bank's Failure

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Subscribe now Lessons to Be Learned Looked at from the perspective of somebody responsible for the management of a portfolio of accounts receivable (AR), the events surrounding the SVB collapse present a cautionary tale. Any enterprise extending credit to another business needs to have real treasury expertise.