Creditsafe Achieves 234% ROI with BlackLine, Winning 2025 Nucleus Research Award
On July 3, 2025, BlackLine, Inc. announced that its customer, Creditsafe, a global leader in business intelligence, has earned the prestigious Nucleus Research ROI Award for 2025. This award showcases Creditsafe's stunning 234% return on investment (ROI) resulting from the implementation of BlackLine's financial operations platform. The ROI was notably achieved within just 12.4 months.
The Nucleus Research’s annual awards recognize ten outstanding technology implementations worldwide, highlighting those that have demonstrated remarkable ROI. Creditsafe was specifically recognized for its successful automation of accounts receivable processes and payment allocations through BlackLine’s state-of-the-art system. This transition has led to enhanced efficiency, greater transparency, and improved scalability across its international operations.
Andy Lilley, Executive Director of BlackLine’s Global Invoice to Cash division, commented on this milestone, stating, “We are proud that Creditsafe has become one of the most successful transformations of the year in terms of ROI.” He elaborated that Creditsafe's results underscore the potential of progressive financial teams adopting automation to achieve measurable outcomes. BlackLine's aim is to make this level of success replicable, scalable, and accessible for all its clients.
By leveraging BlackLine’s Invoice-to-Cash solution, which includes receivables management and payment assignment features, Creditsafe has successfully reduced operational costs, accelerated cash cycles, and enhanced customer experiences. The financial team now supports rapid global expansion without increasing headcount, showcasing the efficiency brought by automation.
This achievement reflects BlackLine's ongoing commitment to innovation in financial operations. Recently launched, BlackLine’s revamped Cash Application user interface signifies a substantial step forward within the Invoice-to-Cash process, providing customers with a smart, efficient, and intuitive environment.
Jason Braidwood, Global Head of Credit and Collections at Creditsafe, praised the impact of BlackLine on their operations, saying, "BlackLine has refined our order-to-cash processes, enabling our team to focus on value-adding activities. I would highly recommend any credit manager to adopt tools like BlackLine; it truly makes your job easier.”
The recognition gained through the Nucleus Research award reinforces BlackLine's leading position in delivering AI-supported results-driven solutions. These solutions empower financial, accounting, and credit teams to work more strategically and efficiently. BlackLine assists leaders in finance in confidently transforming their operations—shortening the time to reach value and bolstering smarter decision-making through unified data and automation.
For more insights on how Creditsafe and other leading organizations achieve results using BlackLine’s solutions, visit blackline.com/customers.
About BlackLine:
BlackLine (Nasdaq: BL) is a forward-thinking financial operations platform that supports the digital transformation of finance by empowering organizations with accurate, efficient, and intelligent financial operations. A comprehensive platform offered by BlackLine covers key processes vital for organizational functioning, including record-to-report and invoice-to-cash procedures. It enables the unification and precision of data, streamlining and optimizing processes, as well as real-time visibility through transparency, automation, and AI. BlackLine's proven, collaborative approach ensures continuous transformation that delivers immediate impact and lasting value. Currently, more than 4,400 customers spanning various industries leverage BlackLine’s capabilities, leading their organizations into the future.
For more information, please visit blackline.com.