Key payment delay factors
Consistent with what was observed in Western Europe, around
60% of the respondents in Eastern Europe (markedly less than
in 2013, but slightly more than in 2014), reported that late payment
of domestic B2B invoices is mainly attributable to their customers’
insufficient availability of funds. 51.4% of respondents in
Western Europe also cited this reason. This was most often experienced
by respondents in Hungary (78.6%), followed by Slovakia
(73.5%), and least often by respondents in the Czech Republic
(39.2%).