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Category Archives: Commercial Credit Reporting
Financial Disclosure or Communication – A Necessity for Small and Midsize Companies
Financial disclosure and regular shareholder communication are requirements for large enterprises. The customary glossy annual reports and quarterly statements give the impression that such practices are reserved for capital corporations only. Small, and in particular medium-sized companies generally believe that … Continue reading
Asia: Demand for Experienced Risk Management Professionals is Soaring
The increasingly sophisticated regional business environment has created a huge demand for risk management professionals with banking and financial knowledge, analytical skills. Although local universities provide education in accounting, banking and finance, the programs do not cover risk management and … Continue reading
New Transparency for Credit Management – Value Added through Internal and External Information Sources
The German Credit Management Association recently held its 2011 conference and exhibit in Frankfurt/Main. The conference focused on the topic of value creation through greater availability of internal and external information. A number of presentations centered on methods in how … Continue reading
Credit Information: What does ‘Freshly Investigated Credit Reports Mean’?
On June 13, 2011 BIIA posted a story “Customers Turn Competitors” discussing the offering of ‘freshly investigated credit reports’ by credit management associations. The story was prompted by a discussion within BIIA what ‘freshly investigated credit reports’ means in terms … Continue reading
Commercial Credit Information: The Shape of Things to Come?
BIIA contributing writer Philip Cotter examines how two new entrants disrupt the current status quo in commercial credit information. Recently Cortera in North America and Creditsafe in Europe, have caused discomfort to the larger players through their aggressive pricing, PR … Continue reading
Observations from the BIIA Forum 2011: Eliminating Information Asymmetries with Information Sharing
To provide further input to the open forum discussion the audience had the benefit to listen to William Lim, Executive Director of the Singapore Credit Bureau presenting two excellent role models, the SME credit bureaus of Malaysia and Singapore: In … Continue reading
Observations from the BIIA Forum 2011: D&B’s Anthony Scriffignano’s Message to Users and Members
BIIA surveyed credit managers at the tail end of the global financial crisis concerning the performance of credit information during the crisis. The response was that information companies played catch-up during the crisis pointing to a lack of real time … Continue reading
Posted in Asia Pacific, BIIA News, Business Information, Business Information, Business Intelligence, Commercial Credit Information, Commercial Credit Reporting, Credit Information, D&B, European Union, United States, Users of Information
Tagged Commercial Credit Information, D&B, Dr. Scriffignano D&B on Global Credit Crisis
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World Bank Issues General Principles on Credit Reporting for the Financial Services Sector
The World Bank, in collaboration with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), various central banks and members of the information industry represented by ACCIS (Europe), BIIA (Asia Pacific) and CDIA (USA), has been working on developing universal standards for credit … Continue reading
Posted in BIIA News, Commercial Credit Reporting, Consumer Credit Information, Credit Information, International Finance Corporation, Users of Information, World Bank
Tagged BIIA, Credit Reporting Standards, Financial Services Sector Infrastructure, General Principles for Credit Reporting
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BIIA ISSUES WHITE PAPER ON COMMERCIAL CREDIT REPORTING STANDARDS
The White Paper accentuates the differences between commercial credit reporting and consumer credit reporting and why these services deserve different legal frameworks. Commercial credit reporting standards have been developed over decades in response to technological developments and market requirements to … Continue reading