May 1, 2026
The Entity Resolution API resolves external company names to Credit Benchmark reference entities - standardize identifiers before portfolios load, before analytics run, before anything downstream depends on the data being clean.
- One endpoint: POST /matching/text/match_external
- Returns ranked candidates with CBId, entity name, country of risk, and confidence score
- Optional hints - country, industry, LEI - sharpen results for noisy names
April 24, 2026
The updated Excel Add-In is now available through Microsoft Marketplace, making it easier to install and start using Credit Benchmark data in Excel.
- Install from the Microsoft Marketplace listing
- Bring consensus credit risk data into Excel for portfolio monitoring and issuer analysis
- Compare internal views against benchmark data in recurring reporting workflows
April 17, 2026
Pull portfolio trends, rating moves, sector breakdowns, and raw entity data into your own dashboards and reports — without exporting from the web app.
- Track trends, rating changes, sector breakdowns, rating distribution, or raw entity data
- Same portfolio, refreshed on a schedule
- Full schemas and examples in the API reference
April 17, 2026
Everything you need to work with Credit Benchmark - methodology, data reference, API docs, and product guides - now lives in one place at docs.creditbenchmark.com.
- Methodology, Data Dictionary, API Reference, and User Guide at launch
- Interactive API docs with schemas and worked examples
- A structured home for ongoing release notes and updates
November 14, 2025
Credit Consensus Ratings are now available inside Preqin Pro through a Credit Benchmark partnership - available to Preqin subscribers as an add-on, with no need to leave the platform.
- Searchable across Investors, Fund Managers, Funds, and Companies & Deals
- Embedded on individual investor, fund manager, fund, and company profiles
- Historical trend charts, exportable for use outside Preqin
October 31, 2025
CB data now includes subdivision-level geography - state, province, territory, or region - so you can slice portfolios within countries, not just across them.
- Three new fields: CBSubdivision, CBSubdivisionISO, CBSubdivisionRegion
- Available in Screener, portfolio views, exports, and entity pages
- Covers ~80% of the CCR universe
September 20, 2025
The Credit Benchmark Web App now supports French and Spanish alongside English. Switch languages at any time - the underlying workflows stay exactly the same.
- English, French, and Spanish available from the language selector
- Localized navigation and interface text across all core workflows
- Switch without leaving the application
September 1, 2025
You can now upload entity lists by name in My Portfolios. CB handles the matching - no need to pre-map everything to CBId before you can get started.
- Paste a list or upload CSV/XLSX directly
- CB maps submitted names to reference entities and CBId automatically
- Reduces manual cleanup for portfolios with inconsistent naming
August 1, 2025
The Web App has been rebranded. New visual identity, cleaner interface, same workflows - nothing about how you use the product has changed.
- New logo and updated color scheme
- Improved contrast and streamlined navigation
- Core workflows untouched
June 30, 2025
PortfolioLens adds downloadable analytics reports for your portfolios - consensus trends, entity movement, and internal-versus-consensus comparisons - delivered straight to your Inbox.
- Portfolio-level consensus movement, entity rating trends, consensus vs. internal
- Reports generated from CB data and published to Inbox for download
- Built for recurring reviews and credit monitoring
January 15, 2025
Credit Benchmark data now refreshes every Friday morning (ET) across all delivery channels - Web App, Excel, output files, file feeds, and third-party integrations.
- Moved from twice monthly to weekly publishing
- More current data for monitoring, reporting, and alerting workflows
- Month-end stamps preserved for trend analysis
January 1, 2025
Product Updates is the running record of everything that changes at Credit Benchmark - new features, data updates, interface improvements, and announcements.Read the full update