Your Virtual Credit Manager

AUGUST 1, 2023

Even though the economic headwinds are moderating, now is not the time to become less vigilant from a customer credit perspective. Commercial bankruptcies began rising earlier this year after an unprecedented lull during the Covid crisis. When a customer files bankruptcy, it immediately stops any payments coming from them to you.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

JANUARY 28, 2025

When a business reaches the point of multiple team members making new sales and taking orders from existing customers, the credit approval process gets more complicated. This company’s evaluation of the risk/reward tradeoff was flawed because it underestimated the credit risk of “large” enterprises. Share Read more

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

After, the Great Recession of 2008, commercial bankruptcies peaked in 2009 and did not drop below pre-recession levels until 2012. Department of Justice projects a substantial increase in bankruptcy filings. Trustee Program has estimated that bankruptcy filings will double over the next three years.

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RevCycle

JULY 26, 2023

In fact, medical debt is the leading cause of personal bankruptcy in the country. In recent years, there has been a growing trend of medical debt credit cards being offered to patients. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is concerned about the risks associated with medical debt credit cards.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Photo by Melinda Gimpel on Unsplash ) The American Bankruptcy Institute recently reported that, “The 6,067 total commercial chapter 11 bankruptcies filed during the first nine months of 2024 represented a 36 percent increase over the 4,561 filed during the same period in 2023.” Trustee Program.

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RevCycle

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

One consequence is that it can damage credit scores. Medical debt can also lead to bankruptcy. In 2020, medical debt was a factor in 58% of all bankruptcies. Medical debt is the most common type of debt in collections. Medical debt can also lead to bankruptcy. Medical debt has negative consequences for Americans.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

JANUARY 31, 2023

Some of the reasons for paying slow are more serious than others, but they all impact your cash flow and your collection efforts. There are several keys to effective past due collections and they start with your order-to-cash process. Do that and you eliminate a lot of potential collection issues.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

APRIL 16, 2024

Despite advances in workflow automation and payment technology, collecting commercial receivables is not getting any easier. Employ Technology: Automated billing systems, debt collection software, auto-cash, and other tech tools effectively streamline your cash conversion process. check, ACH, credit card, etc.),

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

JUNE 4, 2024

Successful collections require the coordination of a variety of activities: timely and accurate invoices and payment posting, monthly statements, email reminders and other dunning notices as well as telephone calls. A Cautionary Tale… As a corporate credit manager, I periodically was tasked with other finance department activities.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

DECEMBER 26, 2023

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. Hopefully, these insights will help you with your collection efforts Not a subscriber … why don’t you take advantage of a YVCM subscription?

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Companies selling other businesses on open terms need to ensure any collection agency partners can effectively collect non-performing receivables. Here are four prime example of issues that impede third party collections: 1. Doing this involves taking a series of proactive steps.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

MARCH 19, 2024

If all your customers paid promptly — by the time the invoice was due — you would not need to do any collection work. Collections is a reactive process. The amount of collection activity with which you are tasked is directly proportional to your customers’ payment habits.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

AUGUST 20, 2024

Here are some factors AR managers should anticipate: Interest rates may ease somewhat, but the days of easy money are over for the foreseeable future — working capital management is extremely important now Commercial bankruptcy filings are expected to continue rising (the U.S. it just might help them collect faster and pay you sooner.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

JANUARY 23, 2024

Approving a customer for credit terms is merely the first step in an open credit relationship. Economic circumstances may cause you to tighten your credit policies and customer credit limits. Among other things, commercial bankruptcies have been steadily climbing over the past year.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

APRIL 2, 2024

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. Photo by Element5 Digital on Unsplash First, a little background.

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Know-It Global

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In this post, we’ll explore the various steps you can take to recover the debt and improve your credit control processes moving forward. At Know-it, we provide a comprehensive credit control platform designed to streamline and optimise your debt management process. Track payments automatically.

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Onguard

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Indeed, one in four bankruptcies occur due to late payments of invoices, according to EU data. More recently, high inflation, supply chain disruptions and the pandemic have only exacerbated the need for credit professionals. How has 2024 unfolded and what is expected for 2025?

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

DECEMBER 27, 2022

For example, there are firms burning through their cash reserves that may still be considered worthy of credit on their next order, but not the order that comes in three months from now. A customer can be paying you with no problems, but then their bank line of credit comes up for review and is drastically cut back by the bank.

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CreditStrong for Business

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Making the decision to file for bankruptcy is far from easy. The trade-off for having your debt eliminated is a long-lasting derogatory mark on your credit report identifying you as a huge credit risk. Your credit report sees the effects of a bankruptcy filing for ten years for a chapter 7 bankruptcy.

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Due

JANUARY 3, 2023

You might get asked similar questions by lenders when you apply for loans and credit cards. To find out, they might check your credit report. What are credit reports, why are they important and what is in them? What is a Credit Report and Why is it Important? Credit Reports vs. Credit Scores.

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CreditStrong for Business

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

As you become a responsible borrower and work toward building your credit history, youll find that your credit report may sometimes contain inaccurate or outdated information that may harm your score. In this article, we show you how to clean up your credit score and improve your score quickly after the cleanup.

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Know-It Global

JUNE 20, 2023

Credit control is a vital aspect of financial management for businesses. It involves managing credit sales and making informed credit decisions, ensuring timely payment from customers, and minimising bad debt. Setting Up Credit Control Processes 1.1 This is where business credit checking comes into play.

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Fundera

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Many small business owners use their personal credit to run their businesses, and if you’re a sole proprietor, your business credit and personal credit are closely linked. It’s extremely important to work on building your personal credit, and not just for your business’s sake.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

AUGUST 11, 2024

Commercial bankruptcies have been surging since mid-2022. Department of Justice expects a sharp increase in bankruptcies with the U.S. Your Virtual Credit Manager has already covered this topic from several different perspective. As it turned out, half of this group had indeed filed for bankruptcy during this period.

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Lendio

MAY 3, 2024

A personal credit score determines the level of risk that comes with lending to you. You use it to apply for credit cards and other financing options to cover major purchases. A business credit score works similarly, except instead of evaluating your risk as an individual, financial institutions evaluate your business’s viability.

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Gaviti

MAY 30, 2023

How well your team handles collections determines whether you have the cash to make payroll, pay taxes, and cover other financial obligations. What Is Accounts Receivable Collections Outsourcing? A/R collections outsourcing refers to the practice of hiring another entity to manage your collections activities.

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CreditStrong for Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Prospective homebuyers seeking a mortgage loan may use several strategies for improving low credit scores. Examples include reviewing credit bureau reports for possible credit account errors, avoiding late payments, paying down debt, and getting a credit builder loan.

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CreditStrong for Business

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

An original creditor owed an unpaid debt will often “charge off” a credit account and send it to a debt collection agency. Most collections will remain visible for seven years on your credit report. How Do Collections Affect Your Credit Score? The consumer’s existing credit score at the time.

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RMAi Blog

AUGUST 14, 2024

The Q&A largely focused on participant inquiries about the process of submitting medical debt rulemaking comments, the likelihood of the rule proposal surviving legal opposition, and the relevance of credit reporting. RMAI is concerned that the current exemption for credit cards is not broad enough. First Credit Union v.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

MARCH 21, 2023

Any enterprise extending credit to another business needs to have real treasury expertise. The role of credit should not be focused on preventing bad debt losses, but rather maximizing profits. Likewise, being heavily concentrated in a single industry is another good reason for working with a credit insurer.

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Fundera

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Well, if you’re a credit score aficionado like we are, you’ll recognize 850 as the absolute perfect credit score. Out of all your financial numbers, documents, and sheets, your credit score might just be one of the most important attributes out there. Quick(ish) Review: What’s a Credit Score? Personal Credit Score.

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Emagia

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

As NACM Connect ’s Great Lakes Conference closed the final in its trio of fall conferences in Ohio this week, experts from law practices like Lowenstein Sandler LLP and credit report giant Experian warned that corporate bankruptcy numbers are trending worse than any time since the pandemic began about 3 ½ years ago.

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Emagia

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Robert Shultz has witnessed the remarkable transformation of the credit profession over decades. Today, however, innovative technologies enable credit professionals to assess entire portfolios holistically—once an unthinkable feat. Reflecting on his career, Shultz recalls, “When I started, we were using punch cards.”

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

MAY 16, 2023

When a commercial account wants to buy your product, chances are they will want credit terms. Business credit, also known as trade credit, facilitates the flow of goods and services between business trading partners. The purpose behind extending trade credit is to facilitate the sale of some other product or service.

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MNS Credit Management Group

MAY 3, 2023

There are some issues with the debt recovery process that the debt collection agencies confront that need to be addressed by the government at a higher level. In this article, we will explore the causes of these issues, their consequences in the b2b debt collection industry, and potential solutions. What exactly is certainty?

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Fundera

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

When you become a business owner, you quickly realize that it isn’t just about your personal credit score anymore. Yes, your personal credit score still plays a (surprisingly) important role in your business’s life, but now you have another financial indicator to pay attention to: your business credit score. The industry.

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Due

APRIL 2, 2024

Life’s uncertainties—job loss, emergencies, foreclosures, bankruptcies—can severely damage credit. With a commitment to bouncing back, discipline, careful planning, concrete goals, and strategic choices, it is possible to recover from financial troubles and rebuild your credit status.

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