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Practical Information for Global Business
Articles, guides, case studies and tools to help exporters, importers, borrowers and lenders manage credit risk, protect receivables and pursue international financing opportunities.
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How Can I Get My Bank to Lend Against Foreign Accounts Receivable?
Foreign receivables can often be included in your borrowing base with the right structure and credit insurance.
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Customer Concentration Risk: A Hidden Threat to Liquidity
When a few customers represent a large percentage of your receivables, your business and your borrowing capacity can both be at risk.
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How Foreign Buyer Financing Can Help You Close the Sale
A qualified foreign customer may want to buy your U.S. equipment or products but need time to pay. The right financing structure can help turn that opportunity into a sale.
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1. Understanding Your Customer Risk
Key steps CFOs and credit managers should take to evaluate and monitor customer risk.
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2. Customer Concentration Risk
When a few customers represent a large share of your receivables, your business and borrowing capacity can be at risk.
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3. Can Trade Credit Insurance Help You Borrow More?
How insured receivables may affect your borrowing base, advance rates, and access to working capital.
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4. What Happens If Your Largest Customer Doesn't Pay?
If your largest customer stops paying, the consequences can reach far beyond the unpaid balance — into your cash flow, working capital, and borrowing capacity.
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Trade Credit Insurance Cost-Benefit Calculator
Compare the cost of trade credit insurance with the potential net profit from additional open-account sales.
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Trade Credit Insurance vs. a Letter of Credit
Key differences, advantages and when each may be appropriate.
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How Can a Foreign Customer Finance U.S. Equipment?
Overview of financing options, including EXIM and commercial alternatives.
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Country Risk: What to Know Before You Export
Key political and economic factors that can affect payment risk in international markets.
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Cargo Insurance: Protecting Your Goods in Transit
Coverage options for ocean, air, truck and rail shipments.
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Using Credit Insurance to Support a Larger Borrowing Base
How insured receivables can help free up working capital.
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EXIM Bank Export Credit Insurance: An Overview
How EXIM insurance works and when it can be an effective solution.
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Bill and Hold Transactions: Key Insurance Considerations
What you need to know about coverage for bill and hold arrangements.
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Customer Concentration Risk: A Hidden Threat to Liquidity
When a few customers represent a large percentage of your receivables, your business and your borrowing capacity can be at risk.
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How Foreign Buyer Financing Can Help You Close the Sale
Offering financing to foreign buyers can be a powerful competitive advantage for U.S. exporters.
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Evaluating a Buyer's Corporate Structure
Why the corporate family tree matters in your credit analysis.
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Working with Freight Forwarders and Logistics Providers
What to consider when arranging cargo insurance through a freight forwarder versus carrying your own policy.
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Political Risk Insurance: What It Covers
How political risk insurance protects against government actions, expropriation, currency restrictions, and political violence.
Read Article →Understanding Your Customer Risk
Key steps CFOs and credit managers should take to evaluate and monitor customer risk before and after the sale.
Read Article →Can Trade Credit Insurance Help You Borrow More?
How insured receivables may affect your borrowing base, advance rates, and access to working capital.
Read Article →EXIM Short-Term Policy Comparison
A side-by-side comparison of Express Insurance, Small Business Multi-Buyer, Standard Multi-Buyer, Multi-Buyer Select Risk, and Single-Buyer coverage.
Read Article →What Happens If Your Largest Customer Doesn't Pay?
A large customer default can affect cash flow, working capital, and borrowing capacity all at once. Learn how to assess concentration risk and how trade credit insurance can help.
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