KSV1870
Austrian financial services organization providing business and personal credit information, monitoring, collections, insolvency services, and marketing data.
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Overview
KSV1870 is an Austrian financial services organization. Its official history page states that the "Creditorenverein zum Schutz der Forderungen bei Insolvenzen" was registered on 12 February 1870 as the first European organization of its kind, and was founded at a founding meeting on 10 April 1870 in Gonzagagasse 12 in Vienna. The organization describes itself as having become a strong association with more than 35,000 members over 150 years later. Its services for businesses include credit checks on companies and persons, monitoring, collections, insolvency services, and marketing data drawn from around 640,000 credit-checked addresses across 550 industries in Austria. It also offers KSV1870 SmartServices, a digital debtor management solution covering the invoice-to-cash process.
History
According to the official KSV1870 history page, the "Creditorenverein zum Schutz der Forderungen bei Insolvenzen" was registered on 12 February 1870 as the first European organization of its kind, and was founded at a founding meeting on 10 April 1870 in Gonzagagasse 12 in Vienna. The same page states that over 150 years later, this movement became a strong association with more than 35,000 members. In 1875, under the title "Mitteilungen des Creditorenvereins", a weekly newspaper listing current insolvencies appeared; this weekly communication still exists today as a modern email newsletter. In 1890, the association moved to Zelinkagasse 10 in Vienna's first district, where it operated for 115 years. In 1913, a new era began in creditor protection, with restructuring in the association and the establishment of a collections department together with an international legal aid department and an information department; branches were also established in Prague, Brno, and Budapest. In 1917, with amended statutes, the name was changed.
Products and positioning
Credit checks for companies
Find payment morale, insolvency, company register and more about your business partners.
Credit checks for individuals
Companies selling products and services to private individuals need quickly meaningful information about their customers' creditworthiness.
Monitoring
The insolvency of a business partner usually cannot be prevented, but in a majority of cases it can be predicted.
Collections (Inkasso)
You have time for more pleasant tasks and leave the rest to us.
Insolvency services
Our employees are on site at court in every negotiation and negotiate the quota in the interest of creditors.
Marketing data
Choose your target group from around 640,000 credit-checked addresses from all 550 industries in Austria.
KSV1870 SmartServices
A 360° accounting service solution for professional receivables management, covering invoice creation, debtor account postings, payment allocation to open items, and dunning and collections.
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