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Guide to Trade Credit Insurance

Learn about trade credit insurance including what it is, what’s covered, benefits and how it works.
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2024 Canadian Outlook

The Bank of Canada (BoC) drove interest rates up to multi-decade highs in 2022 and 2023, raising the overnight rate a total of 4.75% to 5.0% in the course of a year and a half. By comparison, the previous fastest hiking cycle started in 1997 and rose a mere 2.5% over the same amount of time.

How to Assess Country Risk

Before investing internationally, it’s important to evaluate country risk. Learn more about the factors to consider in a country risk assessment with Allianz Trade in Canada.

How to Assess Financial Risk

Mitigating financial risk is essential for the future health of your business. Learn more about how to assess financial risk with Allianz Trade in Canada.

Advanced Credit Risk Analysis Techniques

Credit risk analysis plays an important role in credit management. Learn how your business can take your credit risk analysis to the next level.
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What is bad debt and what to do about it?

Learn about bad debt, including its causes and available remedies, how to collect them, and how to prevent them in the future.
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What is credit control and how to implement a credit control process?

Discover how to implement credit control procedures to trade with your customers safely, better manage your receivables and grow your business.
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What is enterprise risk management?

Learn about business and enterprise risk management: what it is, the main risks, advantages and disadvantages and how to create your process.
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What is a good working capital ratio?

The working capital ratio is a key liquidity indicator to know before launching new activities. Find out more.
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What is credit protection in business?

Credit protection is used to protect against the risk of non-payment by a customer. A business concerned about the risk of default or non-payment can draw up an agreement with a company such as Allianz Trade to provide credit protection services
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How to Collect Late Payments and Maintain Good Customer Relationships

Learn how to collect late payments while also maintaining a good customer relationship to avoid late payment turning into non-payment.
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What is invoice factoring?

Invoice factoring involves selling unpaid invoices to a third party in exchange for a cash advance. Read to learn more.
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What it means to be “past due” on an invoice?

Any invoice which has not been paid by the due date becomes known as a “past due” invoice. Learn more about past due in this article.
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What is creditworthiness?

Creditworthiness is an evaluation of a company's financial reliability and can predict how likely they are to pay you on time.
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