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Trade Risk Management

Learn how to manage trade risk and protect your business. 

Trade risk refers to the possibility of a customer defaulting on payment, which can have a negative impact on the supplier's cash flow and financial stability. ​

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Our risk management articles will provide you insights of how to manage trade risk to protect your business and best practices of credit risk management.

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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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Latest Trade Risk Articles

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Mar 26, 2025

What is a Letter of Credit?

Learn what a letter of credit is and how it works within international trade, risk management, and business assurance. Check out our guide today.
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Feb 20, 2025

Managing Outstanding Balances and Their Impact on Business

Learn how outstanding balances impact your business, from cash flow constraints to credit score risks. Discover best practices for managing payments and how trade credit insurance protects receivables.
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Understanding Terms of Credit & How to Set Them for Your Business

Feb 20, 2025

Understanding Terms of Credit & How to Set Them for Your Business

Learn how to set credit terms, manage payment risks, and improve cash flow. Discover best practices for extending credit and how trade credit insurance can safeguard receivables.
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Cash Ratio – Definition, Formula, and How It Strengthens Your Liquidity

Feb 20, 2025

Cash Ratio – Definition, Formula, and How It Strengthens Your Liquidity

Learn how to calculate the cash ratio, interpret its results, and improve liquidity with trade credit insurance. Discover why the cash ratio matters for your business and how to optimize cash flow effectively.
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Feb 18, 2025

Understanding DSO Meaning: Improving Days Sales Outstanding

Discover how to improve Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) to optimize cash flow and minimize credit risks. Learn key strategies, including trade credit insurance solutions from Allianz Trade, to enhance receivables management and financial stability.
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Feb 06, 2025

Surety Bonds: Empowering Global Infrastructure | Allianz Trade

Allianz Trade offers tailored surety bonds for global infrastructure, combining local expertise with €84 billion in annual facilities across 50+ countries.
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Jan 20, 2025

What are disputed invoices and how can they be resolved?

An invoice is considered to be disputed when a customer may disagree with the invoice and may refuse to pay
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Jan 20, 2025

What is B2B BNPL?

Buy Now, Pay Later financing is expanding beyond consumer e-commerce into B2B. See how your company can embrace B2B BNPL to boost revenues – without risking its cash flow
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Jan 20, 2025

The pros and cons of extending credit to customers

By extending credit to customers, you are telling them that you trust them to pay their bills, and you are financially healthy with access to working capital.
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Allianz Trade is the worldwide leader of credit insurer in trade credit insurance and offers expert solutions such as accounts receivable insurance, business debt collection, bad debt, trade credit, trade credit management, cash flow management, xol, debtor insurance, collect overdue payments, late payments and unpaid invoices. Our mission is to help customers globally to avoid trade risk, trade wisely and develop their business safely.

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