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Compliance verandert snel. In 2025 verschuift de focus van naleving achteraf naar proactieve risicobeheersing. Data, technologie en AI spelen daarin een sleutelrol. Deze blog laat zien waar compliance-professionals hun prioriteit leggen en wat dit betekent voor organisaties.
Credit management is changing rapidly: from collecting invoices to strategic customer management. Marverick van de Beeten (MaxCredible) explains how data, AI, and human empathy work together to ensure predictable cash flow and stronger customer relationships. Discover how technology is transforming the profession.
Successful organizations no longer make decisions based on gut feeling, but on data. With real-time insights and automated processes, trade credit risk management becomes faster, smarter, and more consistent. Discover how integrated decision-making in CRM and ERP systems reduces risks and increases growth opportunities.
Compliance and KYC are mandatory, but often too complex and time-consuming for SMEs. Doing it yourself leads to stress, risks, and mistakes. In this blog, you’ll learn why outsourcing is not a luxury, but a smart way to save time, stay compliant, and reduce risks, without having to click through a platform yourself.
Compliance and KYC are mandatory, but often too complex and time-consuming for SMEs. Doing it yourself leads to stress, risks, and mistakes. In this blog, you’ll learn why outsourcing is not a luxury, but a smart way to save time, stay compliant, and reduce risks, without having to click through a platform yourself.
The European NIS2 Directive imposes stricter requirements on organizations to manage their cybersecurity and supplier risks. Companies in Belgium must be able to demonstrate that their security is up to standard. In this blog, you can read about what NIS2 entails and how data from Altares Dun & Bradstreet helps you comply with the directive and emerge stronger from this change.
In this interview, Niels van Nieuwenhuijzen, Partner Manager at Altares Dun & Bradstreet, explains how collaboration with partners and smart data integrations help companies reduce risks, strengthen compliance, and work smarter with the help of AI. He shares his vision for the future of data-driven business and his ambition to build an ecosystem in which software, consultancy, and data come together to create real impact.
Many companies rely on a quick compliance check and think they are in the clear. But in a world where rules, risks, and relationships are constantly changing, that is a dangerous illusion. Discover why a check mark is never enough and how you can use smart monitoring and reliable data compliance to your strategic advantage.
Compliance and risk management may seem similar, but they actually complement each other. While compliance focuses on laws and regulations, risk management looks at broader business risks. Together, they form the basis for continuity, agility, and trust in a complex environment.
“No news is good news” sounds reassuring, but in credit risk, silence can mean just the opposite. The absence of signals often does not mean that nothing is going on, but that you cannot see it. In this blog, you can read how silence can be misleading, which risks remain undetected as a result, and why up-to-date data and monitoring are indispensable for preventing surprises.
Pressure on supply chains is increasing: bankruptcies, sanctions lists, and quality issues are constantly lurking. In this blog, you can read how, as a procurement professional, you can use insights from Altares Dun & Bradstreet to identify and manage supplier risks at an early stage. This will strengthen continuity, compliance, and cost control within your organization.
KPIs provide direction and make performance measurable. But in sales, they are just as often cleverly managed: polishing figures, moving deals, or only registering leads when they are almost finalized. Not out of laziness, but because targets and bonuses drive behavior. The result: nice dashboards, but a skewed picture of reality.
Did a promising lead come in? Good for you! But now it's time to make some business decisions. Are you going to accept him as a customer? Can he buy on credit, and if so on what terms? When making these decisions, use our reliable business information, such as our credit risk data. Then you avoid doing business with companies that actually cannot meet their financial obligations. Read more.
Knowledge and understanding of your market is critical to your success. The Dun & Bradstreet Data Cloud is the largest of its kind and allows you to conduct comprehensive analysis, understand your market share and market penetration, and uncover growth opportunities.
How many companies are there actually within a particular region and how big are these companies? How many companies are active within a specific branch and how many people are employed there? You can quickly and easily make counts and selections in D&B's international companies database on the basis of many criteria. This gives you an insight into where you can best focus your efforts and where your chances of success are the greatest. Read More
By integrating our rich database into your ERP system, you can benefit in many ways. For example, you clean up and keep your data clean throughout your organization. You can validate and enrich your customer and prospect information directly from your business application. Current information becomes instantly accessible within your ERP and you can use it to automate your acceptance process and improve scoring model. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) Read more.
Almost 70% of Dutch BVs are linked via shares to another company in the Netherlands or internationally. More than 30% of Dutch BVs and NVs have a link to foreign companies. The Dun & Bradstreet Data Cloud is the most complete and reliable source for insight into the Dutch and foreign relationships of your business partners, ranging from small unknown companies to the largest multinationals with thousands of branches. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) Read more.
An initial check when selecting a supplier is not sufficient. It is then important to make all changes in risks transparent and to monitor them. This keeps you informed exactly how the risks in your total supply chain are developing. Only with this information can you correctly assess all risks within your portfolio. Read more.
