{"id":30228,"date":"2026-03-18T09:19:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T08:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trends-business-information.be\/uncategorized\/trends-business-information-wins-ivkm-credit-management-innovation-award-in-collaboration-with-sentometrics"},"modified":"2026-04-08T12:03:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T10:03:56","slug":"trends-business-information-wins-ivkm-credit-management-innovation-award-in-collaboration-with-sentometrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trends-business-information.be\/en\/blog\/trends-business-information-wins-ivkm-credit-management-innovation-award-in-collaboration-with-sentometrics","title":{"rendered":"Trends Business Information wins IvKM Credit Management Innovation Award in collaboration with Sentometrics"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"30228\" class=\"elementor elementor-30228 elementor-30171\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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101.9V416z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ef07474 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ef07474\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Affligem, 12 March 2026<\/strong> \u2013 Trends Business Information, together with partner Sentometrics, has won the IvKM Credit Management Innovation Award 2026. The award was presented during Credit Expo Belgium, the annual event for credit management professionals in Belgium, which welcomed a record number of participants this year.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35630aab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"35630aab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The award-winning innovation is the AI Media Scan, which was integrated into the Trends Pro platform of <strong>Trends Business Information<\/strong> in collaboration with <strong>Sentometrics<\/strong>. The solution <strong>links news articles to the enterprise numbers<\/strong> of Belgian companies and analyses them using artificial intelligence for themes and sentiment. In this way, signals from current events are translated into early <strong>indicators of credit risks<\/strong>  <\/p><p><strong>Insights <\/strong>from news data are combined with reliable <strong>business information<\/strong> such as financial data, credit advice, bankruptcy prediction, and legal events. This enables <strong>credit analysts<\/strong> to gain a <strong>better understanding<\/strong> of the<strong> financial health<\/strong> and evolution of companies. <\/p><p>The technology is based on<strong> academic research<\/strong> at Ghent University and VUB under the leadership of Prof. Kris Boudt and was developed together with Trends Business Information into a <strong>scalable solution<\/strong> for the daily monitoring of business risks. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-795036a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"795036a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/trends-business-information.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Awardwinnaars-met-jury-IvKM-1024x683.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-30151\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trends-business-information.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Awardwinnaars-met-jury-IvKM-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/trends-business-information.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Awardwinnaars-met-jury-IvKM-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/trends-business-information.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Awardwinnaars-met-jury-IvKM-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/trends-business-information.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Awardwinnaars-met-jury-IvKM-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/trends-business-information.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Awardwinnaars-met-jury-IvKM.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Ann Marcelle (Trends Business Information) and Kris Boudt (Sentometrics) with the IvKM jury<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11fad38a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11fad38a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>According to the jury of the <strong>Institute for Credit Management (IvKM)<\/strong>, the solution contributes to a new way of risk assessment, in which traditional <strong>financial analysis<\/strong> is complemented by <strong>real-time external signals<\/strong> from current events.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-943f10d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"943f10d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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