Credit Bureau Asia Limited Recognized Among Forbes Asia’s Best Under a Billion
Credit Bureau Asia Limited (CBA), Singapore Commercial Credit Bureau Pte Ltd’s holding company, has been recognized as one of the winners in the prestigious Forbes Asia Best Under a Billion list. CBA is one of the seven Singapore firms included in the list, which were selected out of around 20,000 public listed companies in the Asia-Pacific […]
What Is A Business Credit Report Typically Used For?
A business credit report provides an intuitive snapshot of a company’s payment behaviour and financial health. Notably, unlike a consumer credit report that is only made available to its owner or to an external party with their consent, a business or corporate credit report can be purchased by anyone (although its primary function remains unchanged). […]
What Is ‘Know Your Customer’ (KYC) And Is It Important?
To a consumer? Not so much. To a business however, KYC is imperative to a healthy corporation. KYC in essence is identifying who you are truly working with – this includes your business partners and suppliers, not just your customers (as the name suggests). It is form of preventive measure to verify the ‘Ultimate Beneficial […]
Where Do You Begin To Ensure Regulatory Compliance?
Defined as ‘The natural person(s) who ultimately gains from, owns or controls a legal entity’, Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO) is a fundamental component of performing due diligence. Due diligence is the process of taking reasonable care and effort to examine or screen potential partners/customers prior to entering a transaction where it is a branch within […]
How To Reduce And Recover Bad Debt?
Debt collection or recovery – often than not is a grim reality for most businesses that are unavoidable. When customers ultimately, are unable to pay for their purchases, the impact of those mis-opportunities can be significant. This is especially critical for small businesses when failure to collect outstanding accounts receivables can be detrimental. Traditionally, many […]