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Get Ready for a Wave of Commercial Bankruptcies

Your Virtual Credit Manager

After, the Great Recession of 2008, commercial bankruptcies peaked in 2009 and did not drop below pre-recession levels until 2012. Department of Justice projects a substantial increase in bankruptcy filings. Trustee Program has estimated that bankruptcy filings will double over the next three years.

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Lending and credit risk resources: The top downloads of 2023

Abrigo

Abrigo's most popular whitepapers and checklists on lending and credit risk Abrigo experts' insights on CFPB 1071, loan policies, and risk ratings were popular with banking professionals. You might also like this webinar, "Unraveling risk rating: Making sense of your best early warning tool." Here are the top resources.

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Are There Hidden Risks in Your AR Portfolio?

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Economic circumstances may prompt a vendor to either tighten or loosen its credit policies and customer credit limits. Going beyond the impact of macroeconomic trends, a company’s customers operate in dynamic business environments, and for a majority of them, the credit risk they pose is either increasing or decreasing.

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Due Diligence Doesn't End with the Credit Application

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Furthermore, new businesses and small businesses tend to have high failure rates, and there is good reason to believe a wave of defaults is coming. Among other things, commercial bankruptcies have been steadily climbing over the past year. Update financial information: at least annually. Update financial information: at least annually.

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Gleaning Actionable Insights from Credit Scores

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Still others may be predictive of default, financial distress or financial health, and creditworthiness. For instance, bankruptcy within the next two years is more easily defined than the more nebulous state of financial distress. delinquency or default) than will be found in a random sample.

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Using Collateral to Make the Sale

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Growth is down, interest rates continue rising, small businesses are facing a credit crunch, commercial bankruptcies are skyrocketing and experts see an emerging threat: Washington Post: U.S. A critical part of this exercise involves identifying active and new customers posing high, or even just marginal, credit risks.

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Red Flags, Slow Payments, and Collection Secrets

Your Virtual Credit Manager

First we look at Red Flags that may indicate a customer could begin paying slower or default. Subscribe now Learn to Recognize These Red Flags There are two types of credit risk affiliated with selling on open credit terms. Far more damaging is a customer that defaults (never pays).

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