Christmas is coming, which means it won’t be long before accounts payable teams start winding down for the holidays. If you want to get paid this side of January, you need to act now.
Hard-pressed retailers in Europe and the US need to find the right balance between sales and profits this holiday season, or face deteriorating credit risk.
Seven in 10 Asian companies expect to see rising demand for their products and services in the coming months, according to the latest edition of the Atradius Payment Practices Barometer for Asia.
Low growth, a real estate slump and grim trade figures are the most visible of China’s economic problems. They are symptomatic of China’s underlying and more fundamental issues.
It’s a question often asked in recent times, but what is the real truth? Does India offer similar opportunities? What are the obstacles you should be aware of? We asked our experts on the ground.
The latest ECB research finds that many firms are likely to face reduced access to finance in the coming months, with no easing of interest rates in sight
After droughts across Southern Europe and floods in Northern Italy, only state support has stopped insolvencies in agriculture and food sectors. Investment in climate resilience is urgently required
Turkey is struggling with sky-high inflation and disappointing economic growth. The question is whether the unorthodox policy of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will bear fruit.
Add in macroeconomic factors, such as inflation and labor shortages, and the process of aligning all the variables productively and profitably becomes exponentially more difficult, experts say.
Asian economies are on course for modest growth as they shake off the negative effects of tighter financial conditions, inflation, a weak global economic environment.
Soaring energy prices have put energy security front and centre of government agendas – resulting in large policy initiatives aimed at accelerating the clean energy transition.
In this guest article, James Burgess, Head of Commercial at Atradius UK, highlights the ‘profound impact’ the Russia-Ukraine conflict has had on the global economy, sharing his insight.
Soaring inflation is affecting firms' ability to secure affordable finance. In the first of two articles, we look at the causes and impact of this perfect economic storm.
While their current impact on Russia may be limited, we expect the latest sanctions to increase the West’s long-term leverage against Moscow - at the cost of growing volatility in global oil markets
Crédito y Caución has lowered its growth forecasts for world merchandise trade in volume to 1.5% for 2023, compared to 4% that reflected its previous estimate.
For all the talk of the need for collaboration between manufacturers and their suppliers, there are situations when their best interests come into direct conflict.
This increase was mainly due to the high energy prices, which are reflected in the electricity bill but also in products on the receipt of the supermarket.
As inflation darts upwards, increasing pressure on their liquidity and borrowing power, USMCA companies strengthen credit risk management to protect profitability over the coming months.
The number of companies that are at risk of insolvency globally is on the rise. reversing a trend seen earlier in the year that briefly indicated insolvencies were actually going down.
After several months of modest improvements, global supply chain pressures are rising along with costs and delivery times, according to a recent report from Atradius trade credit insurance.