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Finding new business customers can be challenging, but it doesn’t have to be. Here are 3 tips to help you target the right audience and grow.

Has the burden of student loans hindered new small business starts? Experian shares insights on some research on student loans and small business.

Experian and Moody’s Analytics just released the latest Experian/Moody’s Analytics Main Street Report for Q4 2017. The report brings deep insight into the overall financial well-being of the small-business landscape, as well as providing commentary around what certain trends mean for credit grantors and the small-business community.

I had the pleasure of speaking with Kelly DeBoer recently. She is a Product Manager at Experian working in Business Information Services. Kelly leads product strategy for our business marketing products.

Carl Stronach talks about the Experian API developer hub and how we are helping clients solve problems through accessible data.

Andrea Schmalzer is an analytical consultant in the Commercial Data Sciences team here at Experian, and she just completed a study of the mining industry titled "Managing volatility: the unique credit risks of the mining industry", so we did a quick Q&A with Andrea about her research.

Here at Experian, we work with many clients whose customers and suppliers operate all over the world, and one of the biggest challenges for many is being able to detect financial duress by monitoring companies whose headquarters are outside of the United States.

Experian has just released the Q3 2017 Experian/Moody's Analytics Main Street report and the overall outlook for small-business credit is stable. The report states outstanding balances on small-business credit declined slightly in the third quarter, continuing a two-year trend. Delinquency and default rates were steady to declining, and business balance sheets continue to improve. Continued improvement in the labor market and economic growth bodes well for credit performance in the short term. Despite the overall optimism, pockets of localized weakness are developing and will warrant observation over the next few quarters.

Within the span of two weeks, Texas and Florida, have been devastated by two category 5 hurricanes. This post summarizes business impact.

Experian looked to its wealth of business credit data to gauge the overall magnitude of hurricane harvey, and the impact to regional businesses.

According to the Kauffman Foundation Index of Startup Activity, only 0.31 percent of U.S. adults ever starts a business. That's 310 people out of every 100,000. That's a shocking statistic for a country of 325 million people. In fact, new business starts have been in a slow, steady decline since the late 70's.

Experian and Moody’s Analytics accounce the release of teh Q2 2017 Main Street Report. Small business delinquencies push lower.



