The credit manager should therefore try to check with other suppliers in the same line and find out if the applicant has ever done business with them and what the results were. (In Malta, this cross checking is done regularly among insurance companies when they have doubts about a customer).
(Katika Malta, kuangalia hii msalaba inafanywa mara kwa mara miongoni mwa makampuni ya bima wakati wao wana wasiwasi kuhusu wateja).