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The Imperative for Prioritizing Collections

Your Virtual Credit Manager

(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.”

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Big Company Red Flags You Can't Afford to Miss

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Monitoring and evaluating the credit risk posed by public companies and other large firms differs significantly in comparison to small and mid-sized businesses. Because most of your biggest customers will be larger firms instead of smaller, it is typically the larger firms that will require higher credit limits. Share Read more

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Lessons for Trade Creditors from Recent Bankruptcies

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” (Photo by Devon MacKay on Unsplash ) This applies to credit and collections as well as anything else. Credit analysts should also review past decisions to improve their future performance regarding approvals, limits and term setting. The company later announced the liquidation of its U.S. Hertz Global Holdings Inc.

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Your Customer Filed for Bankruptcy: Now What?

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Even though the economic headwinds are moderating, now is not the time to become less vigilant from a customer credit perspective. If you are extending credit to business customers, prudence dictates that you be prepared to deal with customer bankruptcies. Right now there are nearly a million new businesses beating the odds.

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Red Flags Revealed by Your Customers' Financial Statements

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Chapter 11 filings, used by businesses hoping to reorganize, have increased by 34 percent in the first six months of 2024 compared to last year. Chapter 7 commercial liquidation filings are up 28 percent and sub-chapter V small business elections are up a staggering 61 percent despite the filing threshold recently being cut in half.

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How to Recover From Business Credit Card Debt

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Business credit cards are essential financing tools for both new and established business owners alike. When you’re just beginning, they can be your main financing lifeline and how you build your business credit. Without careful use, though, you could spend faster than you can pay, and need to recover from business credit card debt.

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Welcome To The Small Business Guide To Bookkeeping

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Bookkeeping is the collection of data from various sources and entering it into your company’s accounting system—but there’s more to it than just data entry. Chapter 4: Accounts Receivable Learn how to record accounts receivable. Chapter 5: Accounts Payable Learn how to record accounts payable. What Is Bookkeeping?