SEPTEMBER 2025 INDUSTRY NEWS AND TRENDS
Assessing the credit risks posed by your customers
According to data from Atradius, a global credit insurer and financial services company, global business insolvencies soared by 19% in 2024 and are expected to stay at the same elevated level throughout 2025.
This article examines the impact of credit risk on B2B companies and offers tips on reducing the risk of nonpayment.
Why even financially sound customers delay payment
A recent article explored the psychological factors that cause customers—even those that are profitable and financially stable—to pay invoices late. According to the research, as many as 18% of businesses deliberately pay late as “free finance.”
Factors such as loss aversion, availability bias, present bias, the mental pain involved in making a payment, and even something as basic as payment habits can cause a company to choose to delay payment for days, weeks, or even months. The article explores these factors in detail and provides solutions for combating these psychological factors and encouraging customers to pay on time.
Updated data shows even weaker job growth
An article in Time suggests that the growth of the U.S. job market could be even weaker than previously thought, according to revised stats from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
An updated report released on September 9, 2025, found that U.S. employers created 911,000 fewer jobs between April 2024 and March 2025 than previously reported. This would indicate that the economy only added about 850,000 jobs within that window instead of 1,761,000, the figure indicated by the originally released data.
