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Your Virtual Credit Manager
JANUARY 23, 2024
Update credit applications: every 5 years, unless triggered sooner by a change in the business (e.g., Update credit bureau reports: every 2 years, unless triggered sooner by a change in their relationship with your company (e.g., request for substantially more credit, change in leadership, merger or acquisitions, etc.).
CreditStrong for Business
AUGUST 20, 2024
You’ve worked hard at building your credit and you now have a good credit score that can be used for applying and getting approved for the credit card you’ve always wanted. But a few weeks after you activate and begin using the new card, you may notice that your credit score takes a dip.
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Your Virtual Credit Manager
DECEMBER 27, 2022
Because creditworthiness is complex, credit grantors consider a variety of factors when making credit decisions, including: Financial history: A business's credit and financial history, including their payment record and credit score, is an important factor in determining creditworthiness.
Your Virtual Credit Manager
MARCH 28, 2023
Using objective criteria, it is relatively easy to determine which companies are worthy of open credit terms and which are not. There is a challenge, however, with the 20 to 30 percent of credit decisions that fall in between. The question you need to answer is: should credit policy be liberal or conservative?
CreditStrong for Business
OCTOBER 1, 2024
Building credit the right way isn’t always easy. For most people with bad credit, buying authorized user tradelines seems like an easy fix for your credit goals. But don’t let the temporary credit score increase fool you. Buying tradelines could backfire and leave you in a worse credit situation than you’re in now.
Your Virtual Credit Manager
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
Processing Delays There are several AR activities that often take longer than they should and therefore cause delays: processing credit applications, approving orders, generating invoices, and posting payments. Starting in October, free subscribers will only receive the introductory section of our weekly articles.
Your Virtual Credit Manager
JANUARY 9, 2024
Two weeks ago we recapped the three most read articles from 2023: identifying red flags, understanding why customers pay late, and the secrets of successful collectors. Then last week we looked at credit hold best practices. From a credit management perspective, these are largely reactive topics.
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