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Is Granting Credit Terms Worth the Risk?

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Just 25 years ago, credit executives were primarily concerned with financial risks — except of course for the Y2K bug that briefly stole the spotlight. Back then, the main question was simple: will this account pay us? Delinquency risk and the risk of default were the primary focus. What are the risks?

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Sales Commissions Impact the Collection Process

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Photo by Alex Radelich on Unsplash When small businesses add customers and increase sales, their company’s Accounts Receivable (AR) will grow. Share A Case in Point A parts distributor was having difficulty with collections and high dispute volumes. it just might help them pay you sooner!

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Supercharge Your Collections

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Do you need help assessing your customers’ credit risks? The experts at Your Virtual Credit Manager have default risk probabilities and other financial benchmarks for analyzing your AR portfolio and revealing actionable insights. a 2% discount for payment within 10 days) to motivate faster payments.

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Effectively Collecting Receivables Is a Time Management Challenge

Your Virtual Credit Manager

The key factors informing your prioritization scheme are: The amount of the past due accounts receivable (AR) The age of the past due AR (e.g, For customers who habitually pay 5 days past due, don’t waste a contact until they are 10 or more days past due. 15 days or 120 days?)

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Is Your AR Management up to the Task?

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Accounts Receivables (AR) require active management. Any O2C friction that results will ultimately have a negative affect on AR performance. Photo by Elisa Ventur on Unsplash When a company’s AR under-performs, the consequences are substantial. Laissez-faire doesn’t cut it.

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Business Customer Personas: A Collectors Guide

Your Virtual Credit Manager

No two are alike, but they do tend to fall into some common groupings. Identifying the groupings within your customer accounts receivable (AR) portfolio enables you to deal with them all more effectively and efficiently. Share The High-Risk Account: Ideally you do not want to extend credit to high risk accounts.