FREE Business Credit Score: How to Get Free Access and Alerts

April 23, 2014 By Marco Carbajo

Free Business Credit Score

Are you keeping track of changes to your business scores and inquiries into your company’s credit file?

Wouldn’t you want to know how often your business credit file is being accessed?

I’m sure getting access to a free business credit score from all three major business credit agencies will become a reality in the near future, but the next best thing is getting free access to changes to your business credit score and ratings.

Knowing about credit score changes and recent inquiries being made into your company’s credit file can help you tremendously. For example, it can help you understand whether your scores have been impacted by certain business activities you may have taken recently. You can also track how many times your file is being accessed. Most importantly, you can anticipate how potential business partners or lenders would react to the changes in your business credit file.
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How to Obtain Business Credit with Low FICO® Scores

April 15, 2014 By Marco Carbajo

How to Obtain Business Credit

Can low FICO® scores hold you back from getting business credit?

Do all lenders, suppliers and creditors check both your personal and business credit when applying for financing?

Well, the good news is you’ve come to the right place for some straight answers and solutions to overcoming low FICO® scores. Before we get started, let me be the first to say that I strongly encourage anyone suffering from poor personal credit to start a personal credit recovery plan right away.
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What Creditworthy Ratings Will Really Do for Your Business

April 3, 2014 By Marco Carbajo

Creditworthy

I’m sure you’re familiar with the term creditworthy but what exactly does it mean from a business perspective?

Which credit ratings determine if a business is considered creditworthy?

While the majority of people associate the term ‘creditworthy’ with personal credit scores, when it comes to business, creditworthiness takes on a whole new meaning.
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How to Accept Mobile Payments that Build Your Business Credit

March 25, 2014 By Marco Carbajo

How to Accept Mobile Payments

Does your business accept mobile credit card payments?

Let’s face it you’ll never miss a sale once you have the ability to take credit card payments anytime and anywhere. It’s clear that mobile credit card processing is an idea whose time has come.

The ability to accept payments wherever your business goes via your mobile device makes getting paid that much easier. It’s so easy that merchants are expected to process $260 billion in transactions on mobile tools next year alone!

Like all great ideas, once it gains popularity everyone starts jumping on the bandwagon. Unfortunately, the bandwagon effect does have its drawbacks when it comes to choosing the best mobile credit card processing solution. Too many business owners have a tendency to go for fast, simple and easy without doing enough due diligence.
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New D&B Viability Rating™: To Do or Not to Do Business with You

March 19, 2014 By Marco Carbajo

D&B Viability Rating™

Do you have a viable business?

Is it capable of growing, functioning, and developing as an independent entity?

These are important questions any business, investor, or business partner would want to know prior to doing business with you. While you may be familiar with D&B’s Paydex® Score, which is based on your company’s payment performance, the new viability rating analyzes the current and future health of your business.
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