Your Virtual Credit Manager

AUGUST 2, 2024

Tuesday, August 6, 2024 1:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) Learn More & Register Special offer for readers of Your Virtual Credit Manager: This session will discuss how to optimize cash flow and working capital for your enterprise by applying the best collection strategy to each customer.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

OCTOBER 22, 2024

When we first think about credit risk, our minds focus on the financial status of the company in question. To manage the risk that a customer might default, companies implement credit and collection policies and procedures. Your Virtual Credit Manager is a reader-supported publication. Share Read more

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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

JANUARY 16, 2024

If you sell on open credit terms, you need to plan on having to expend time and resources collecting from those customers that don’t pay when due. No matter how much effort you put into evaluating customer credit, some customers will not live up to your expectations. You need to be doing the right things.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

MARCH 14, 2023

Commercial collections is no different. Collection myths can be found at the very root of bad decisions as well as informing counter-productive activities. Adhering to collection myths more often than not leads to bad outcomes. Simply put, collection myths get in the way of doing the best job possible. Subscribe now 1.

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RevCycle

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Targeted Collection Strategies Segment your customer base: Identify customers who are more likely to become delinquent and focus your communication and collection efforts on them. Personalize your approach: Avoid generic collection letters. This eliminates delays and simplifies the payment process.

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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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Your Virtual Credit Manager

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

For most small businesses, collections are reactive. In the meantime, routine collections are driven by passive activities, often just a monthly statement. While statements provide a history of invoice, credit, debit and payment activity on an account, dunning notices focus on past due balances.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

JANUARY 30, 2024

The evolution of Accounts Receivables (AR) automation has revolutionized our collection strategies. Manual collection processes centered on an aged accounts receivable trial balance (ARTB) lack the regimentation and efficiency brought about by automation. For a more in depth discussion of systematic collections, click here.

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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

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 15, 2023

Consequently, your collection process needs to adapt to each situation if you are going to realize the best outcomes possible. A one size fits all approach to collections will not achieve as high a level of recoveries and cash flow as a strategic approach to collections. That’s the reason for collection strategies.

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SAP Credit Management

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Using collective settlement and collective rate determination, the total freight cost can be saved rather than spending for each shipment and this was agreed upon with the carrier to post freight settlement on a weekly basis and the total weight shipped that week. Choose option Collective from the dropdown.

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Credit Management Group UK

JUNE 28, 2023

The trick is to know how to plan invoice collection. For smaller value invoices, use a letter or email cycle to collect payments. Click to see our tips on how to produce effective collection letters. Plan Set aside time each week in which to focus on your payment collections.

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Chaser

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Delighted to share that Chaser has been shortlisted for the Best Use of Technology in Credit & Collections award at the 2024 Credit & Collections Technology Awards.

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RMAi Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

Louis, MO January 31 st – Credit Control, LLC (“Credit Control”) is proud to announce for the third year in a row, our employees have ranked us as winners in the Best Places to Work in Collections program. The program includes a rigorous two-part blind survey process to determine the Best Places to Work in Collections.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

AUGUST 29, 2023

Effective collections are crucial to maintaining a healthy cash flow and the financial stability of your company. If your business is struggling with cash flow or AR balances are growing, it could be a sign that your collections policy requires updating. There are a myriad of issues that can affect collections.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

MARCH 5, 2024

Finding the time and resources to accomplish all the collection activities required to do a good job is a constant challenge. Most small companies come up short because when there isn’t a dedicated employee responsible for credit and collections, the owner or CFO have more important things to do.

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CreditStrong for Business

JULY 29, 2024

When a consumer has an unpaid debt, the lender will generally conduct their own in-house collection efforts for approximately 30 to 60 days. If the debt remains unpaid for 90 days, most original creditors will forward the account to a third-party debt collection agency. Can You Remove Paid Collections From Your Credit Report?

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RMAi Blog

JULY 30, 2024

PETALUMA, CA — Cascade Receivables Management, LLC, part of the Cascade365 Family of Companies (“Cascade”), is proud to announce that it was recently selected as one of the 2024 Best Places to Work in Collections by ACA International and the Best Companies Group. This year, 38 companies met the standard to be selected.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Photo by Icons8 Team on Unsplash Commercial collections is not unlike convincing somebody to buy something, but people with that talent tend to go into Sales. For most people, however, collecting B2B debts is an acquired skill. Those of us who have spent our careers in credit and collections, fell into the profession.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Forecasting cash receipts from AR starts with a listing of every invoice owed you by every customer (net of any payments already made and credit memos issued). Readers of Your Virtual Credit Manager can access sharply discounted business credit reports & scores from D&B, Experian, or Equifax through our partner accredit.

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Credit Management Group UK

AUGUST 19, 2024

Collection letters can be an extremely useful tool to collect payment, as they tend to carry more weight than emails alone. The key to a successful outcome is in writing effective collection letters that make your customers take notice.

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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. The solution to the collections challenge therefore starts with Prioritization.

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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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Gaviti

MAY 9, 2023

We are thrilled to announce the launch of our latest addition to the Gaviti accounts receivable collections platform: the Credit Management Module! At Gaviti, we understand how crucial it is for you to maintain a healthy cash flow, minimize credit risk, and ensure timely payments from your customers.

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Eastern Credit Management Services

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Choosing the right debt collection agency is a crucial decision for businesses looking to recover outstanding payments efficiently and professionally. Look for Industry Certifications and Memberships A reliable debt collection agency should have recognized certifications that demonstrate its adherence to industry standards.

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Credit Management Group UK

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

I ask these businesses each time, if your current collection procedure isn’t working, why are you still using it? You are at risk of late payment and even bad debt if you take on a customer with a poor credit rating, a risk that can be reduced if you credit check them prior to carrying out any work.

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RevCycle

JUNE 27, 2024

However, these credit reporting changes will certainly impact the ever-shrinking margins of healthcare providers. With the possibilities for further restrictions or even complete removal from credit reports in the future, it is paramount that healthcare providers continue to optimize their revenue cycles.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

JUNE 6, 2023

People who are new to business collections are inclined to fall into one of several patterns. Seldom does a new collector appreciate the need for a balanced, holistic approach to debt collections. In time, as they become more familiar with the process of collecting, their productivity increases.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

If their collection efforts are more aggressive than yours, the customer will tend to pay your competitor sooner, while you end up waiting for this mutual customer to accumulate additional funds to pay you. They are an important reason for formulating credit and collection policies and procedures, but not every lapse is an act of commission.

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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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RMAi Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

CHANDLER, AZ – National Credit Adjusters, a receivables acquisition and management firm headquartered in Hutchinson, KS with a satellite location in Chandler, AZ, was pleased to continue support of an annual water drive spearheaded by the team in the Chandler office. It was another very successful water drive in Chandler this year.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

For a small business owner or executive, navigating credit decisions can be challenging, especially when they clash with the goals of other stakeholders within the company. It's essential, however, for everybody to recognize that credit decisions also have broader implications across various aspects of company operations.

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Gaviti

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Predictive AI capabilities in many modern B2B collections software now let businesses do exactly this while solving many other challenges in the B2B collections process. The Challenges of Traditional B2B Collections Unlike B2C collections, B2B collections involve steps related to credit, financing and legal agreements.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

AUGUST 8, 2023

Collecting from other businesses begins as a series of reminders followed by administrative tasks to provide your customer with the information they need to pay your invoice, and can also involve reconciling your information to theirs. Later phase collections require a much heavier reliance on problem solving and negotiation skills.

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