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Here Are the Distress Signals Private Firms Flash When They Are in Trouble

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in the 12-months ending June 30, 2024. Here’s a warning to trade creditor’s from a major commercial credit bureau (from CreditSafe’s Cost of Late Payments report). When you do eventually get paid, you recover the cost you expended in fulfilling the customer order albeit less the cost of collections and borrowing.

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Big Company Red Flags You Can't Afford to Miss

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Monitoring and evaluating the credit risk posed by public companies and other large firms differs significantly in comparison to small and mid-sized businesses. Because most of your biggest customers will be larger firms instead of smaller, it is typically the larger firms that will require higher credit limits. Share Read more

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Storm Warning: Private Company Red Flags

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The United States has witnessed a significant surge in corporate bankruptcies, reaching a 14-year high in 2024. during the 12-month period ending September 30, 2024. Customer past due balances cause cash flow shortages, increase the need for borrowing, and create a significant work requirement in order to accelerate collections.

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Is It Too Late to Achieve Your End-of-Year DSO Goals?

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Chances are, there is a lot that needs to be done in terms of accounts receivable (AR) management between now and December 31st, especially if you are short of your Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) goals. Anything less, and you are wasting valuable time. it just might help them collect faster and pay you sooner.

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The Imperative for Prioritizing Collections

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(Photo by Melinda Gimpel on Unsplash ) The American Bankruptcy Institute recently reported that, “The 6,067 total commercial chapter 11 bankruptcies filed during the first nine months of 2024 represented a 36 percent increase over the 4,561 filed during the same period in 2023.” This initial uptick is only expected to get worse.

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Resolve to Be More Proactive in 2024

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Then last week we looked at credit hold best practices. From a credit management perspective, these are largely reactive topics. In fact, once you decide to sell a customer on open credit, most of the accounts receivable (AR) management tasks that follow have a reactive component.

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Get Ready for a Wave of Commercial Bankruptcies

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Likewise, the construction and business services industries, accounting for nearly 20 percent of insolvencies last year, are projected to remain the hardest hit in 2024. The hospitality and retailer sectors are also expected to continue to face challenges. percent in 2024 — that’s roughly one in twelve.