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A Focus on Collections & Credit Fraud

Your Virtual Credit Manager

In our case, we found a continued interest in collection technique and strategy, as well as in fighting credit fraud. What follows is a summary of the three most read article for the 12 months ending in October 2024, and links to the originals. To avoid this, collections should begin within 3-7 days of the due date.

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

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Here’s a warning to trade creditor’s from a major commercial credit bureau (from CreditSafe’s Cost of Late Payments report). If you are extending credit to other businesses, it’s high time you began watching your customers closely for late payments and other signs of distress.

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Storm Warning: Private Company Red Flags

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Customer past due balances cause cash flow shortages, increase the need for borrowing, and create a significant work requirement in order to accelerate collections. When you do eventually get paid, you recover the cost you expended in fulfilling the customer order less the cost of collections and any interest on loans.

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After the Credit Application: Getting to Know Your Customers Even Better

Your Virtual Credit Manager

The better you know a customers, the easier it is to make a correct credit decision. One of the biggest challenges for any credit function is making a valid decision when information is lacking. That’s why standard procedure calls for gathering additional credit information until a comfortable decision can be made.

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Why financial institutions are rethinking 2D risk rating models

Abrigo

This article covers these key topics: The difference between 1D and 2D risk rating models How CECL has impacted the necessity of a dual approach Why the LGD variable is so difficult to pinpoint Does your risk rating framework align with your CECL needs? Exposure at Default (EAD): The dollar amount at risk if default occurs.

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Red Flags, Slow Payments, and Collection Secrets

Your Virtual Credit Manager

In our case, we found our readers had an affinity for articles on identifying collection risks and the best ways of dealing with past due balances. Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash ) We are therefore providing you with an overview of three very popular articles along with links to the originals.

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Navigating distressed & problem loans: Legal & borrower considerations

Abrigo

How financial institutions deal with problem loans Problem loans are a natural outcome of the risks banks and credit unions take when lending, and they should be expected over the long run during the ups and downs of the business cycle. They would then be able to take steps to mitigate or avoid the losses as much as possible.