Your Virtual Credit Manager

DECEMBER 31, 2024

In our case, we found a continued interest in collection technique and strategy, as well as in fighting credit fraud. Delaying collection efforts sends a message to customers that late payments are acceptable, establishing a bad precedent. To avoid this, collections should begin within 3-7 days of the due date.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

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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Credit Application Credit and Collections Bad Debt High-Risk Accounts 130

Your Virtual Credit Manager

JANUARY 17, 2023

Inevitably they will need to initiate Collection activities to recover some of this money owed; in other words, contacting delinquent customers and requesting them to pay your firm for goods and/or services provided on credit terms that have become past due. it just might help them pay you sooner!

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Photo by Kenny Eliason on Unsplash Effective collections is the single most important factor for achieving reliable cash inflows. Effective collections can also reduce bad debt losses by compensating for a liberal or weak Credit Control function. Procrastination only makes a past due situation worse.

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Credit and Collections Past Due Invoices Bad Debt Accounts Receivable (AR) 130

Your Virtual Credit Manager

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Credit Policy is an inextricable part of a company’s Sales Policy. If you choose to sell on open credit, the terms you offer are in effect part of the price. If you discuss credit terms with a competitor, you are in violation of anti-trust statutes forbidding price fixing. What’s Right for Your Firm?

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Emagia

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

One of the widely used guidelines in credit risk management is the 10 Rule for Accounts Receivable. What is the 10 Rule in Accounts Receivable? The 10 Rule states that if 10% or more of a customer’s total outstanding invoices are overdue, the entire account should be classified as high risk.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

For small business executives, and many mid-sized businesses as well, managing collections effectively can be a significant challenge, particularly when time and resources are limited. To improve your collection efforts, you need to first see what is under the hood. Do you need help assessing your customers’ credit risks?

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