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09.11.2009

‘A’ rating for EOS consolidated

Hamburg – For the fifth time in succession, Euler Hermes Rating GmbH has awarded an ‘A’ rating to EOS consolidated. This means that the agency regards the company’s credit standing as well above the average that prevails in the...

23.10.2009

EOS takes over shares of WCF Finetrading, the commodities prefinancing provider

Hamburg / Munich – On 21 October 2009, EOS Finanzholding took over 51 per cent of the shares of the commodity purchase prefinance provider, WCF Finetrading AG, from ii invest Holding GmbH. The company offers small and...

19.10.2009

Fifth International EOS Congress in Berlin was well-attended

Hamburg – Current developments in the financing sector, challenges facing receivables management, and cross-border payment transactions were the focal points of the Fifth International EOS Congress in Berlin’s Swissôtel on 15 and...

08.09.2009

Banco Pastor Group sells Acción de Cobro to international receivables management company EOS Group

Hamburg / A Coruña – The Spanish Banco Pastor Group and the international EOS Group have reached an agreement by which EOS will acquire 100 per cent of the stakes in Acción de Cobro. Both parties have signed the contracts...

24.08.2009

Fifth International EOS Congress in Berlin: ”Financial market 2009 – Nothing is more constant than change”

Hamburg – In times of crisis, efficient receivables management takes centre stage. Which receivables management measures have the desired effect in difficult financial situations? How do I secure my company’s liquidity? These are...

14.08.2009

EOS Group remains on course of growth

Group sales grow by 22.2 per cent to EUR 297.4 million in 2008/09 / Germany remains most important market / Impact of the international financial crisis dampens future expectations for Eastern Europe

31.07.2009

EOS Five Nations Survey 2009 ‘European Payment Practices’:

Payment behaviour investigated in Bulgaria, Germany, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Hungary.

High proportion of payments paid punctually in Switzerland and Germany / Comparatively small proportion in Hungary and Bulgaria /...

27.07.2009

EOS Five Nations Survey 2009

‘European Payment Practices’: Companies are concerned about a decline in payment behaviour and an increase in insolvencies: In the five-nation comparison: Short payment period of 25 days / Regional variations in payment behaviour...

21.07.2009

EOS comments on modernization of enforcement and debt recovery law

Hamburg, 16 July 2009 – The EOS Group, an Otto Group subsidiary, welcomes both the laws which the German Bundesrat (upper house of parliament) approved on 10 July 2009. For one thing, movable objects that were seized as part of...

30.04.2009

EOS analyses: landline has priority
Debtors are easier to reach on the landline than by mobile

Hamburg – Creditors find defaulting payers easier to reach over the landline than on their mobile phones. This was revealed by an analysis by the financial services provider EOS Group of around 13,000 assignments handled over the...

28.04.2009

EOS Group opens new company in Croatia

Hamburg / Zagreb – As of 1 March 2009, the EOS Group, an Otto Group company, entered the Croatian market. The new local company EOS Matrix d.o.o. offers debt collection, debt purchase as well as collection training and consulting...

21.01.2009

EOS Group acquires remaining shares in EOS Payment Solutions

Hamburg – As per the end of December 2008, the EOS Group acquired an additional 49 per cent of the shares in EOS Payment Solutions GmbH & Co. KG from Albis Finance AG. This means that the company, in which EOS acquired a 51...

19.01.2009

Rheinland Technical Control Board certifies financial service provider EOS KSI

Hamburg - At the end of 2008, TÜV Rheinland (Rheinland Technical Control Board) certified EOS KSI, the financial services provider, as a particularly quality-conscious company. EOS KSI is one of the few providers within the...

14.01.2009

Number of young debtors declined in 2008

Hamburg – Young people were less indebted in 2008. This is the result of the EOS survey on the social structure of debtors, which has been carried out annually by the financial services provider EOS since 1996. 1240 people...