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GLOBAL TRADE EXCHANGE PROGRAM

Global Trade Data for Better Decision-Making

Improve your decision-making by joining the D&B Global Trade Exchange Program.

The World’s Largest Trade Data Network

The D&B Global Trade Exchange Program is the world’s largest commercial trade data network, enabling thousands of businesses worldwide to share their Accounts Receivable (A/R) data with each other. It helps each participating business make more informed trade credit decisions, reduce days sales outstanding (DSO), incentivize good payment behavior from customers, and limit bad debt exposure.   

And even better – it’s completely free.

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What Do I Receive in Return for My Trade Data?

Sharing A/R data on the Global Trade Exchange Program enables participants to gain exclusive access to A/R management tools to leverage for collections.

Payment Analytics Tools

Access insights into how your customers pay you and receive industry data and benchmarking metrics with D&B Payment Performance Insights (PPI). This interactive cloud-based platform has industry-leading commercial payment data from over 170 markets worldwide. It filters and visually displays this data, making it easier to monitor your account-level payment performance and reduce customer delinquency.

Leverage for Collections

Receive proprietary e-labels that show customers their payment behavior can impact their credit. One company reported payment 10% faster when using these labels.

Benefits of Data Sharing

Beyond data and tools, there are other major benefits to participating in the world’s largest commercial trade network.

Reward Good Payers and Report Bad Ones

Customers pay faster when they know their payment behavior can impact their credit. Good payment behavior leads to a better D&B score, while bad behavior leads to a worse one. This can encourage them to improve their payment behavior long-term.

Total Reporting Privacy

Participants have total privacy. We keep their identities strictly secret unless they would like to disclose their participation.

Your customer data is always secure. Our data sourcing is compliant with governance frameworks like GDPR and CPA.

Free and Voluntary Participation

Participation is free and voluntary, with no termed commitments or costs – ever. You don’t need to be a D&B customer to join, and your participation won’t impact your existing D&B agreements in any way.

Data You Can Count On

Dun & Bradstreet performs rigorous quality checks to ensure you can count on data from the program:

We consider industry standards and the nature of each business to ensure we’re monitoring the right data.
Before a participant loads the first file, we send them a data sample for verification.
We monitor fluctuations in every report and reach out for verification if there’s any doubt.
After submitting a report, businesses can access the processed data and request changes as needed.

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Payment Data for Small and Large Businesses

Small Business

Small businesses can gain vital insight into how well their customers are paying others, highlighting otherwise unknown areas of potential risk. They also gain collection leverage by participating in the program.

Enterprise Businesses

Larger companies can get a holistic view of their sizable portfolio. This helps them to better segment slow/no-pay accounts, prioritize potential risk accounts, and get support for their underwriting process.

PPI Platform Features

Comparative Payment Reporting

Learn how your accounts pay other vendors and see if they treat your company the same.

Family Tree Reporting

Map customer accounts into corporate families and see how they’re related.

Built-In Benchmarking

Performance benchmarks for every market and industry are built into the platform.

Data Indexing Functions

With over 12 portfolio segmentation and indexing functions, you can get the perfect view of your data.

Unlimited User Licenses

Set your entire team up on PPI without extra fees or awkward account-switching.

Data Export Function

Augment your customer databases and modeling with data from the Global Trade Exchange Program.

Comparative Payment Behavior – Portfolio View

PPI segments and filters your portfolio so you can quickly understand your customers’ exposure and payment performance. It gives you an at-a-glance display of accounts, amounts owing, and aging data, helping you prioritize your collection activities and improve performance on key accounts.

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Comparative Payment Behavior – Account View

The Comparative Payment Behavior chart displays payment performance data for a single customer, letting you compare how they pay you against how they pay other vendors. This level of insight into past payment performance allows you to identify potential collection risks and opportunities.

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TESTIMONIALS

What Customers Are Saying About Us

“Sharing credit information benefits all of us. The more data that is available, the better credit decisions can be made by everyone. It is much more beneficial than credit references themselves, because you get all of the information and not just good ones.”

Vice President and Chief Risk Officer, Wright Express

“I find the D&B labels have made a massive difference, alongside the statement that we “share payment data with Dun & Bradstreet” – customers can’t wait to tell us how soon they are going to pay us! Our debtors’ reports are much tidier now.”

Head of Credit and Risk, EU Medical and Lab Equipment Company

"We’ve been participants for 20+ years. Dun & Bradstreet walked alongside us and advised us every step of the way. Having some information vs. none goes a long way, especially when dealing with businesses with limited information.”

Director of Operational Risk, Great America Financial Services

Get Started with D&B Global Trade Exchange

Companies are vetted and can become approved partners in as few as 5 to 7 business days.

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1. Upload Your Data

Simply upload your Accounts Receivable portfolio in the electronic format of your choice and we’ll do the rest.

2. Get Assigned an Account Executive

Dun & Bradstreet will assign you a dedicated Project Manager to ensure that the information from your portfolio is accurately presented. A credit rule discussion will take into consideration industry standards and your company’s credit philosophy.

3. Review Your Processed Data

For quality assurance, Dun & Bradstreet will return an audit of your processed accounts for your review before releasing the first file.

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