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Gleaning Actionable Insights from Credit Scores

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Commercial credit scores predict the likelihood of a business fulfilling its financial obligations, particularly regarding debt repayment and trade credit. Commercial credit scores are often not as well understood as consumer credit scores such as FICO.

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Leveraging Automation for Customer Credit Scoring

Lockstep

Stay ahead of the curve by leveraging automation for customer credit scoring. . What is customer credit? . Customer credit is an arrangement between a buyer and a seller in which the buyer agrees to purchase goods or services now and pay for them at a later date.

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Credit Reporting Changes Should Prompt Revenue Cycle Optimization

RevCycle

The Future of Healthcare Bad Debt As mentioned earlier in this post, no one can be sure what the future holds for the possibility of further credit reporting restrictions. Now more than ever, bad debt collection is something maximized not by brute force, but rather the use of soft skills and a human-centric approach.

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Are You In Control of Your Receivables?

Your Virtual Credit Manager

(Photo by Jandira Sonnendeck on Unsplash ) In most cases, you therefore have to extend credit to your B2B customers, which entails the following risks: Not being paid anything Being paid an amount less than the full invoice value Not being paid on time, whether in full or in part These outcomes are known as credit risks.

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11 Signs Your AR Portfolio May Be at Risk

Your Virtual Credit Manager

A growing volume of receivables overdue by more than 90 days indicates you are having severe challenges collecting payments before then, posing a significant risk of write-offs or bad debts. Declining Customer Credit Scores A good way to monitor the quality of your AR portfolio is to periodically (e.g.,

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Due Diligence Doesn't End with the Credit Application

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Learn More About YVCM Consulting Case Study: Portfolio Monitoring Pays Off Big-Time About 25 years ago, a credit manager I know saved his company from a seven-figure bad debt loss by monitoring the Internet on his biggest customers. Credit scores typically provide either a probability or default or of slow payment.

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How MNS can help to Prevent Bad Debts in 2023: Expert Advice from a Debt Collector

MNS Credit Management Group

Bad debt recovery: What is it? The money that your company receives after writing off bad debt as uncollectible is known as bad debt recovery. When the borrower is unable to repay the lender within the allotted time, the bad debt recovery process is initiated. How may loan risks be diminished?