Most Recent Reports Reveal Pandemic’s Impact on Rental Industry

The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on our global economies. Some populations, though, including renters, have been particularly hard-hit. TransUnion has conducted an intensive analysis to better understand the impact of shutdowns, illness, and quarantines on the financial health of renters. The results, published in November 2020, offer valuable insight […]

Main Street Report: Businesses Are Borrowing to Survive

Third quarter 2020 data recently published in the Experian/Moody’s Analytics Main Street Report reveals disturbing trends in the world of commercial credit. The report offers insight and commentary into the current state of business credit — which today, thanks to the continuing COVID crisis — is tenuous. Main Street is […]

How To Report Commercial Credit During the COVID-19 Pandemic

While the financial consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have hit consumers hard, small businesses are facing their own set of problems. If you’ve extended credit to a business that has been impacted by the pandemic, you’re well aware of what they’re going through. It’s likely your commercial debtors have contacted […]

Differences in Reporting Consumer Credit vs. Commercial Credit

Most people are familiar with — or at least aware of — consumer credit reports. Most people also know they have a credit score based on their payment histories. They expect debtors to report most of their installment payments to the bureaus. But fewer people have ever heard of business […]

Everything You Need to Know About Credit Stacking

The service Datalinx provides — helping companies and organizations report consumer and commercial credit to the four major credit bureaus — is known by a lot of names. Some people call us third-party processors or aggregators, while others refer to us as a credit reporting service company. One lesser-known name […]