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📣 Tackling Credit Risk Amid Economic Headwinds

  • November 14, 2025
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Sluggish economic conditions, persistent inflation, and elevated interest rates are making it harder for customers—especially in sectors like construction and retail—to meet payment obligations. Many of us are seeing increased defaults or delays, which puts pressure on our credit evaluation processes and risk models.

How is your team adapting?
Are you:

  • Revisiting credit policies?
  • Leveraging alternative data sources?
  • Enhancing real-time monitoring or segmentation strategies?

Let’s collaborate and share what’s working (or not). What data practices or tools have helped you stay confident in your credit decisions during these volatile times?

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  • New Participant
  • November 17, 2025

With D&B alert settings, I find this very helpful and useful in keeping our company on track and up-to-date with any changes. This feature helps when you have a customer base that is growing.


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  • D&B Employee
  • November 17, 2025

@Ltassin 

I’m glad to hear the D&B alert settings are proving helpful for you! They’re designed exactly for that purpose—keeping teams informed and proactive as customer portfolios grow.

Let me share an example for everyone: 

My portfolio includes 100 companies in the non-residential construction industry. To stay organized, I’ve created a custom folder in my Workspace Library where I keep all live reports. I also use a custom alert profile tailored to this industry, monitoring for:

  • Paydex drops below 70
  • Ownership changes
  • Negative filings such as liens or bankruptcies

This setup helps me stay proactive and quickly respond to any risk signals.