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Sales Commissions Impact the Collection Process

Your Virtual Credit Manager

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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Storm Warning: Private Company Red Flags

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Customer past due balances cause cash flow shortages, increase the need for borrowing, and create a significant work requirement in order to accelerate collections. When you do eventually get paid, you recover the cost you expended in fulfilling the customer order less the cost of collections and any interest on loans.

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Navigating distressed & problem loans: Legal & borrower considerations

Abrigo

How financial institutions deal with problem loans Problem loans are a natural outcome of the risks banks and credit unions take when lending, and they should be expected over the long run during the ups and downs of the business cycle. They would then be able to take steps to mitigate or avoid the losses as much as possible.

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How to Collect Outstanding Invoices Faster With Better Dunning A/R Collections Templates

Gaviti

Effective communication is the most critical aspect of any A/R collections strategy. Even so, there are some basics you can apply across most templates you may use for collections. How Can You Use Templates To Collect Invoices Outstanding for Payment? Create an invoice for every step of the collections process.

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Trends in commercial real estate (CRE) lending and risk

Abrigo

Understanding broad market trends and the specific forces affecting bank and credit union portfolios can guide institutions decisions while helping them prepare for examiner scrutiny of CRE risk , according to a recent Abrigo webinar, Being strategic with your CRE. Rising delinquency rates highlight growing risks.

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How to Improve Task Prioritization for A/R Collections Teams

Gaviti

It adds an extra step to credit extension and A/R processes, but it saves organizations time they would otherwise spend hunting payments for invoices. How Prioritization Strategies Improve Collections Performance. Accounts Receivable teams can use prioritization strategies to increase the efficiency of their collections process.

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Revolving Credit vs Installment Credit

CreditStrong for Business

Credit cards and other revolving credit accounts function in a cyclical way. Car loans and other installment credit accounts involve borrowing a lump sum and repaying the balance over a predefined series of months. What is Revolving Credit? What is Revolving Credit? What is Installment Credit?