Your Virtual Credit Manager

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

While bankruptcy filings have not increased substantially in the past year, they have begun to tick up and it is widely anticipated that filing will continue to increase as pandemic relief is finally spent, revenues decrease due to a faltering economy, and costs increase due to inflation and rising interest rates.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

MARCH 21, 2023

In addition to the effect of inflation, AR loses value as a result of profit dilution (when customers do not pay you the full invoice value due to payment deductions or disputes) and bad debt losses. The role of credit should not be focused on preventing bad debt losses, but rather maximizing profits.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

AUGUST 22, 2023

The bad news is that nearly 21 percent of last year’s startups will fail this year leaving you with a bad debt on your books if you sold to them on credit terms. Actions that can be started immediately are: Establish Appropriate Customer Credit Limits and Risk Classifications.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Share Controlling Credit Risk Increasing sales to high margin customers disproportionately increases total gross profit. The good news is that in a bankruptcy, you will be ahead of all the general unsecured creditors. Here’s how? Why not share this newsletter with your small business customers.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Cash Flow is the number one cause of small business bankruptcies. The solution is the implementation of credit and collection best practices geared to ensure customer profitability and sufficient cash flow. The company ended up writing off millions of dollars in bad debt.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Commercial bankruptcies have been trending upward for most of this year, so it is likely some of your customers are in a downward spiral, if it has not yet shown up in their payment pattern. Recognizing that a customer is in distress putting your receivables at risk is the first step in ameliorating the situation.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

MAY 16, 2023

By avoiding the following common traps, or myths if you will, businesses can minimize the risk of non-payment or default and make better informed decisions about extending credit to other businesses that will boost sales and profits. Credit evaluations prevent more bad debts than collection efforts.

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MNS Credit Management Group

AUGUST 7, 2023

According to the US Small Business Administration, your company will require a credit score of around 75 to qualify for a small business loan. Credit scores can also affect a company’s ability to sign a lease or purchase products on credit from suppliers. “ Business Credit Scores Are Determined By A Number Of Things.

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TreviPay

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Indemnity Percentage: The indemnity percentage refers to the portion of the debt covered by the insurer. Exclusions: Common exclusions include pre-existing bad debts, disputes between buyer and seller and non-payment arising from unresolved contractual disagreements.

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Emagia

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Since the processes that autonomous finance takes care of are wide and many, we will focus in this discussion on one micro process – credit management – within the OTC process to show how effective and productive can be automation of each process and how impactful will be the synergy of all finance automation leading to autonomous finance.

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Know-It Global

JUNE 20, 2023

It involves managing credit sales and making informed credit decisions, ensuring timely payment from customers, and minimising bad debt. This guide provides a comprehensive overview of credit control practices and strategies that your business can implement to mitigate credit risk, reduce debtor days and boost cashflow!

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

JUNE 13, 2023

Photo by Jamie Street on Unsplash There are two types of credit risk that arise from selling on open credit terms: Customers paying beyond terms (past due) reduce your cash flow. These bad debt losses can put your own business at risk of failure. Far more damaging is a customer that defaults (never pays).

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

MARCH 26, 2024

Economic circumstances may prompt a vendor to either tighten or loosen its credit policies and customer credit limits. Going beyond the impact of macroeconomic trends, a company’s customers operate in dynamic business environments, and for a majority of them, the credit risk they pose is either increasing or decreasing.

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