In business you will be dealing with varying types of business entity and therefore there are differing ways to try and ensure you will not be left with bad debt. This blog is to give you an insight as to why carrying out AML (anti money laundering) and ID checks can benefit your company.
As we all assume that AML or ID checks are specifically used when carrying out consumer credit checks. However I would like to raise the point of potentially checking the business owners/directors behind a Limited company to ensure they are who they say they are and they are a viable risk in themselves.
We have seen a significant rise in fraud in the UK and the AML or ID checks are a very cost effective quick solution to ensuring you are not caught by this potentially damaging form of crime. Please see below what is available in these credit checks:-
- Instant verification of owner identity
- Confirmation of residential address
- Provides a detailed report for risk assessment
- Identifies insolvent individuals
- Verifies UK and International passports
- Verifies utility bills
- Verifies credit/debit cards
- Verifies bank account
- Verifies land register
Our AML and ID checks are ideal when credit checking sole proprietorship's and partnerships but also very useful when doing due diligence on potential customers. Some of our biggest subscribers of this information are in the financial services sector as well as large wholesale and distribution companies.
We can offer these reports individually through http://www.creditserve.co.uk/Online-Shop/Anti-money-laundering-searches or we can offer vastly reduced prices when a customer has bulk usage requirements.
If you would like any further information regarding this service or if you have any questions in general please do not hesitate in contacting me direct martin@creditserve.co.uk or 01992 414222 @creditservehttp://www.creditserve.co.uk/Products-and-Services/Consumer-AML
In mythology, a phoenix is an immortal bird that, when it dies, bursts into flames and is reborn from its own ashes. "To rise from the ashes of the phoenix" means to make a miraculous comeback.
We are all well versed with the saying 'Phoenix From The Flames', however the meaning has taken new form recently with the corporate world seeing more and more limited companies failing and then resurfacing shortly after under a very similar limited company name, with the same business shareholders and directors!.
Now companies that fail for whatever reason is not new as new statistics tell us that 50% of new businesses do not make their 3rd birthday. This is quite a staggering statistic, however we all know that for whatever reason there will always be businesses that cannot continue to trade.
There are some ways of protecting your company against this form of injustice, one way would be to carry out extensive credit checks prior to dealing with your customers. Credit agencies offer online facilities to obtain instant credit information. These credit reports are generally well detailed with financial accounts, shareholder information and director information, within the director information you will be able to view other limited companies that the respective directors have operated and their current credit limit and status.
These online credit checking agencies provide what is called a monitoring service which will keep you informed via email of any changes which happen to your customers and therefore will keep you up to date with important
Creditserve offers various credit reporting solutions which can assist in making initial credit decisions, maintaining account management through company monitoring, group structure credit reports, director database reports, companies house documents with our professional debt recovery department as a back up to the online credit checking facility we offer.
There are packages to suit any size company or budget and our credit reports are of the highest standard which makes Creditserve one of the fastest growing credit reference agencies in the UK.
If you would like more details on any of our services whatsoever please do not hesitate in contacting us through sales@creditserve.co.uk, LinkedIn Page Creditserve Business Information, twitter@creditserve1 or on 01992 414222
