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What Should a Business Intelligence Report Tell You Before You Extend Credit?

Last reviewed: 8 September 2026

What Should a Business Intelligence Report Tell You Before You Extend Credit?

Executive answer

A useful report should answer who controls the company, whether it operates, can pay, how it behaves, what has changed and what management should do.

01Documentation
02Process
03Approval
04Commercial
05Financial
06Behavioural

A registry check is not enough

Before taking material exposure, management needs to understand the business behind the legal entity: ownership and control, operations, financial capacity, payment behaviour, relevant litigation/regulatory signals, industry context and what has changed.

Decision questions

IdentityIs this the right legal entity and group?
ControlWho owns and manages it?
OperationsIs it active, where and doing what?
Financial capacityWhat does available financial information indicate?
Legal/regulatoryAre relevant adverse signals visible?
Payment behaviourHow does the counterparty behave when it has to pay?
ChangeWhat has deteriorated or improved?
DecisionWhat exposure or action is justified?

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