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What is bad debt?

Chaser

In 2022 alone, SMEs (small and medium enterprises) in the UK alone wrote off £5.8 billion in bad debt alone! According to research by insurer Direct Line, 19% of SMEs have written off bad debt to the tune of £31,330 of unpaid bills, while 9% have written off debts in excess of a crushing £100,000.

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Healthcare Staffing 2022 – Crisis Point

RevCycle

Almost 75% of practice leaders rank staffing as 2022’s biggest challenge. Our product suite offers healthcare-focused bad debt collections, as well as EBO services covering all aspects of patient communication from customer service to guarantor statements and patient responsibility collections including negotiating payment arrangements.

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A Focus on Collections & Credit Fraud

Your Virtual Credit Manager

In 2022, over half of companies experienced at least one fraud attempt, with many suffering significant financial losses. Bust-Out Schemes : Criminals establish fake businesses, submit fraudulent credit applications, make small payments to build trust, then divert large orders and dissappear, turning receivables into bad debts.

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The Imperative for Prioritizing Collections

Your Virtual Credit Manager

” That comes after a 61 percent increase over the same period from 2022 to 2023. As a consequence, commercial accounts receivable (AR) portfolios are at an increasing risk of suffering bad debt losses. In other words, commercial chapter 11 bankruptcies have doubled over the past 2 years, and the trend continues upward.

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AR Data Management, AR Automation, & Accelerating Cash Flow

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Email YVCM about Consulting The Power of AR Automation An Overview of Order-to-Cash Software Solutions May 3, 2022 My first exposure to AR automation came in 1990 when I was credit manager at a mid-market, specialty metals manufacturer. During 1995, DSO was reduced by an additional 10 percent, and bad-debt write-offs cut in half.

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Are Early Payment Discounts a Good Idea in Today’s Economy?

Your Virtual Credit Manager

The reduction in revenue and margin, while painful, will be a smaller price to pay than a large drop in incoming cash and the higher risk of a larger, damaging, bad debt. Offering Prompt Payment Discounts to customers can significantly advance your cash inflow from AR and reduce overall exposure to bad debt loss.

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Seven Observations from Silicon Valley Bank's Failure

Your Virtual Credit Manager

After all, as of December 31, 2022, this was a bank with $291 billion in assets. Bad things happen when you don’t manage risk For the better part of 2022, SVB was without a chief risk officer (CRO). The role of credit should not be focused on preventing bad debt losses, but rather maximizing profits.