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Thales Navigation, Inc.
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Credit Scoring Central
You've just discovered the best, most comprehensive resource on credit scoring anywhere. We've compiled everything you'll need to get started in credit scoring or analyze and upgrade your current situation: plain English, easy-to-understand "how-tos," expert analysis, glossary of terms, benchmarking (who's doing what in the trade credit field), case studies of how, why, and what scoring systems were used by major companies, and even do-it-yourself templates you can download.
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ABC-Amega Enhances It's Industry Group Credit Reporting with the Addition of Statistical Scoring from PredictiveMetrics
May 25, 2010
Buffalo, NY -- ABC-Amega, Inc., a global leader in the commercial collection, credit information, and receivables outsourcing markets, has partnered with PredictiveMetrics Inc. (PMI), a leading provider of statistical scoring solutions for the B2B market, to provide ABC-Amega's credit group members with an industry-relevant, statistically based payment scoring analysis and reporting on their customers. . . .
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Press Release: D&B Announces Services for Customers to Better Predict Small Business Credit Risk
May 17, 2010
D&B (NYSE: DNB), the world's leading source of commercial information and insight on businesses, has joined forces with TransUnion, a global leader in consumer credit and information management, to integrate consumer and business credit information to improve the predictiveness on small and micro business credit risk. Data and score enhancements, which utilize D&B's proprietary DUNSRight(R) Quality Process giving customers unmatched business information, are being previewed at D&B's booth #422 at the annual National Association of Credit Managers Credit Congress in Las Vegas today through May 18. . . .
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Press Release: Experian Launches New Credit Score to Better Evaluate Small-Business Risk
April 5, 2010
Experian®, a global information services company, today announced the launch of its Small Business Credit ShareSM financial acquisition score. The new commercial credit score predicts the likelihood that a small-business applicant will become severely delinquent or chronically delinquent on a financial instrument such as a commercial credit card, an installment loan or a lease within the next 12 months. . . .
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How does DNBi work for you?
February 3, 2010
Our company has just acquired another company for which my group is handling their credit operations and we've also just merged another subsidiary's credit department into my group. Our contract with D&B is due to renew late this month, and we are considering upgrading from DnB's RAM system (which as worked well for us) to DNBi. I would like to know from users how DNBi works for them. I understand there have been some pricing/renewal fee issues, but I'd rather stay away from those issues and focus on using the product. We've received pricing quotations for the Account Manager and Decision Maker, and for Account Manager, Decision Maker and the Collections module. I'd be curious to hear: What features work well? What features don't work well? Has DNBi helped improve your department's efficiency? How easy is the product to use? How long did it take to get up and running on the software? . . .
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PRESS RELEASE: Experian Introduces Powerful New Portfolio Management Scores That Target Small-Business Risk
June 15, 2009
Experian®, a global information services company, today announced the launch of three highly predictive credit scores that enable members of its Small Business Credit ShareSM program to quickly identify financial accounts that are most likely to become delinquent. Powered by Experian's extensive business data and advanced analytics capabilities, the new portfolio risk scores help clients reduce costs and maximize revenue by allowing them to address accounts that could pose future business risks. . . .
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Build Your Own Credit Limit Matrix
By Dave Schmidt
It is not difficult to build your own matrix and incorporate it into your credit policy and procedures. A credit limit matrix can be an extremely useful credit management tool. They are not difficult . . .
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Downloads Today: The Ins and Outs of YESCO's Home-Grown Credit Scoring Template
At YESCO, a Salt Lake City sign-maker, they searched far and wide for a good credit scoring package that would meet their specific needs. After spending nearly a year, and looking at nine or ten different software packages, they threw up their hands and decided to develop their own. Duane Wardle, Senior Vice President & Treasurer at YESCO, submitted their template to us, and we spoke with him recently about how they put it together. . . .
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This month's topic: Credit Card Usage
Click here to participate!
We're examining:
- What percentage of credit departments are currently accepting credit cards
- What percentage of sales are paid via credit card
- The various ways by which credit cards can be accepted (phone, web interface, etc.)
- Which merchant accounts are most popular
- What discount rates are being charged
- Lessons-learned when setting up an account
- ... and much more!
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