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Due Diligence Doesn't End with the Credit Application

Your Virtual Credit Manager

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. The remainder of the review will mirror an initial credit evaluation (here’s more information on Evaluating Credit ).

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What Triggers Your Collection Efforts?

Your Virtual Credit Manager

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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Use Caution Extending Credit to Startup Companies

Your Virtual Credit Manager

That’s why it is standard to ask on a credit applications the year in which the business was formed. Years in business is a critical factor in the assessment of credit risk along with number of employees, which can be a good proxy for sales volume, something private businesses are not always willing to disclose.

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Do You Know Which Customers Are Likely to Pay Late?

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Once each customer’s payment proclivities are known, assigning appropriate monitoring and collection strategies is easily done, thereby ensuring adequate collection coverage. However, over the course of a year there will be events and situations that will cause these patterns to change.

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The Keys to On-boarding New Customers Smartly and Efficiently

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Photo by Scott Graham on Unsplash We’re not saying you shouldn’t bother with credit evaluations — just that you shouldn’t waste time with a one size fits all process when most decisions are easily made. We discuss the key components of financial analysis in How Do You Determine if a Customer is Worthy of Credit?

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Revolving Credit vs Installment Credit

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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?

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When Is Getting a Customer Financial Statement Necessary for Granting Credit?

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Photo by Campaign Creators on Unsplash Commerce between companies is facilitated by a trade credit relationship. When a supplier or vendor grants open credit terms to their business customers, both parties benefit. It’s important to keep in mind Pareto’s theorem when you are approving credit.