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Setting The Record Straight On Credit Management
Amid a steep rise in corporate insolvencies and growing risk of bad debt, we think it’s high time to challenge some of these unhelpful myths and assumptions.
Trade Credit Insurance for Small to Large Businesses
Credit insurance protects you against bad debt. So if the worse happens, you still get paid....
04 October, 2022
Country & Sector Risk Barometer: Q1 2021 Quarterly Update
More than a year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, uncertainties about its evolution continue to shape trends in the global economy. Despite the acceleration of the vaccination process, the prospects for a return to normal...
14 May, 2021
Trade Credit Insurance Explained – with working examples
Credit insurance protects you against bad debt. So if the worse happens, you still get paid....
20 April, 2021
Coface report looks at china and Australia’s trade relationship
The China-Australia bilateral relationship deteriorated sharply over 2020, with China imposing both formal and informal trade restrictions on a number of Australian exports, including coal, barley, beef, wine, cotton among others....
15 April, 2021
United States: stimulus plan paves the way for record trade deficit
As the world’s largest importer, and second largest exporter of manufactured goods, the United States has had a trade deficit since the early 1970s. Escalating trade tensions – in particular with China – and the COVID-19 pandemic...
08 April, 2021
The paradox of corporate insolvencies in Europe: miracle and mirage
The economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic heralded major business failures and insolvencies in France, and across the eurozone as a whole.. But, in 2020, and even if the real impact of the COVID-19 crisis remains ...
17 March, 2021
Middle East & Africa: volatile oil prices lead to varying effects on producing countries, including diversification
The COVID-19 pandemic’s negative impact on global GDP growth and trade volumes caused a sharp decline in oil prices. After falling to USD 15 in mid-Apri l, Brent crude prices recovered to an average of USD 41.7 for the year 2020 v...
17 March, 2021
The truth about Credit Insurance
Late payment and bad debt are risks for every company but SMEs are particularly vulnerable to the destructive impact on business cashflow, particularly when trading conditions are already tough...
01 March, 2021
2021 Country and Sector Risk Handbook
As a credit insurer, our added value comes from the ability to proactively provide our clients with detailed risk analyses, allowing them to make the right decisions at the right time and prevent credit risks. Our latest Country ...
14 February, 2021