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Commercial Business Economic Signals and Strategic Imperatives

The June 2024 Market Pulse webinar gave our esteemed panelists the opportunity to share insights on the current state of consumer prof [...]

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Commercial Business Understanding Small Business Growth and Economic Trends

  Here’s a striking statistic: 93% of small business owners expect moderate or significant growth over the next 12 months [...]

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Commercial Business Inflation, Consumer Spending, and Stagflation: Insights for Small Businesses

In June’s Small Business Indices, we focused on consumer spending and its implications for the overall economy. In this blog, we will shar [...]

Commercial Business How to Elevate Your Account Management Practices

Consumers' financial stability is an always shifting landscape. This is influenced by factors like job changes, inflation, and economic [...]

Commercial Business Unlock Entrepreneurship: 3 Ways Lenders Can Support Small Business

Small businesses are the backbone of the American economy. They play an important role in job creation and economic growth.¹ Over 99% of [...]

Commercial Business Understanding the Economic Landscape for Small Businesses

In recent months, the U.S. economy has been navigating various challenges, affecting both big and small players alike. Let's take a clos [...]

Commercial Business 2024 Small Business Trends: Default & Delinquency

In honor of Small Business Month, we’re sharing tools and thought leadership to keep you in-the-know. Below, you’ll find an overview o [...]

Commercial Business Small Business Optimism in a Recovering Economy: Navigating Forward

The market is continuing to move.  Small businesses are often the first to react to economic fluctuations. Although, even with careful m [...]

Commercial Business Small Businesses: The Lifeblood of the American Economy

The 2024 financial market leaves many in a state of uncertainty except for a certain bright spot: small businesses. This Small Bus [...]

Commercial Business From Strain to Resilience: Small Business Strategies for 2024

In 2023, the landscape was tumultuous. American small businesses, lenders, and service providers faced many challenges. These included s [...]

Commercial Business Regional Trends to Watch: Small Business Credit Quality by U.S. Population

In recognition of Small Business Week, we’d like to introduce the new 2024 Market Trends and Predictions Report focusing on the curr [...]

Commercial Business Small Business Focus: Commercial Hurdles in Today’s Economic Environment

We are excited to be celebrating small business week (April 28 - May 4)! In the April 2024 Market Pulse webinar, we discussed d [...]

Commercial Business Answering Your Questions on Current Commercial Challenges

On our April 18 Market Pulse webinar, our experts talked about the roadblocks that business [...]

Commercial Business Exploring Economic Trends: A Deep Dive into Recent Small Business Lending Data

The small business landscape continues to shift, and due to a few recent trends we identified the need to take a step back to get a bett [...]

Commercial Business Small Business Resurgence: Insights and Trends for the Year Ahead

We are in unparalleled territory when it comes to the small business landscape. In this blog, we'll cover the recent boom in small busines [...]

Commercial Business Regional Trends: Small Business Delinquency Index Predictions for 2024

33.3 million businesses in the United States qualify as small businesses. 1 In recognition of Small Business Month, we produced [...]

Commercial Business Navigating the Ever-Changing Small Business Landscape

When it comes to the small business landscape the one thing we generally all agree on is this is a time [...]

Commercial Business How BNPL Firms can Unlock Profitability During Uncertain Economic Times

Two years ago, Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) firms were legit Fintech superstars. Globally, transaction values soared by $87 billion from 201 [...]

Commercial Business Understanding, Accessing, and Building Your Business Credit Profile

Similar to your personal credit, maintaining good business credit is fundamental to growing and protecting your business. In today’s high [...]

Commercial Business Commercial Real Estate Investment: Adding Clarity to an Uncertain Market

In the ever-evolving world of real estate investments, adaptability is the key to success. The landscape of property investments is shif [...]

Commercial Business B2B Marketing – Quickly Identify and Engage Small Business Prospects

The landscape of small businesses is evolving, and the numbers speak for themselves. Over the past three years, the small busines [...]

Commercial Business Prepare Small Business for Uncertain Economic Conditions

An uncertain economy is challenging for any business, and in particular small businesses. According to [...]

Commercial Business How to Build Business Resilience with Small Business Data

Small business continues to dominate news headlines. Each month, we release the latest Equifax small business lending, delinquency, and [...]

Commercial Business Q&A: Gaining Access to Credit for Small Businesses

It is National Small Business Week and at Equifax we are celebrating big with a lot of new announcements! 99.9% of businesses across the [...]

Commercial Business The Smart Way to Drive Strong Auto Sales — Even with Low Inventory

With global supply chain delays disrupting the automotive industry’s inventory, some companies have resorted to turning away buyers simply [...]

Commercial Business How Lenders Can Find Opportunity in Small Business

Despite an uncertain economy, the number of small businesses has soared. And that translates to big opportunity for lenders who leverage [...]

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Commercial Business The Economic Future of Auto Lending

The future is uncertain, and success or failure is not predetermined They say nothing in life is certain, and as we head into [...]

Commercial Business Use Simplified Data and Attributes to Help Solve Complex Challenges

For our February 16 Market Pulse webinar, our panel of experts discussed how you can focus on growth in the current economy. Today, it i [...]

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Commercial Business 3 Ways to Drive Strong Auto Sales with Low Inventory

It is no secret automotive businesses are currently facing low inventory. Supply chain delays are going on all over the world. This curr [...]

Commercial Business April Market Pulse: You Asked, Experts Answered

For our April 14 Market Pulse webinar, our panel of experts discussed the recent supply chain crisis, as well as, the latest economic update [...]

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Commercial Business Outpace Your Competition: Know Your Revenue IQ

Conventional wisdom tells us there are two main ways to achieve your revenue targets in 2022. For most companies, it boils down to either gr [...]