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Crif survey: significant improvement in the payment practices of Austrian companies

  • Tyrolean and Vorarlberg companies continue to set the best example
  • Vienna ranked the most negatively, followed by Salzburg and Carinthia
  • Average share of companies with new debt collection cases on the decline
  • Trend continues only slightly abated in first half of 2019

The payment behaviour of Austrian companies in the period from 2017 to 2018 saw a significant improvement. Such were the findings of a recent survey conducted by CRIF Austria, a leading provider of business information and data-based technologies. The average share of companies with new debt collection cases decreased from 3.75% to 3.25% during the survey period. Tyrolean companies have the best payment practices.