Business Quotation: Credit Checks

"Credit is like a looking-glass, which when once sullied by a breath, may be wiped clear again; but if once cracked can never be repaired." – Sir Walter Scott (from the Business Quotations Index).

Customers and clients seem to expect to be granted credit as a matter of course. But not every customer or client is a worthy credit risk. How do you find out if a customer's credit is pure, sullied, or cracked? Read Doing Credit Checks Can Really Pay Off to learn how to do credit checks on your customers in Canada.

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