Your Virtual Credit Manager

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Finding the time and resources to complete every collection activity needed to be done at the optimal time to be done is a constant challenge. Most small companies come up short because the owner or CFO have more important things to do and there isn’t a dedicated employee responsible for credit and collections.

Past Due Invoices 100

Past Due Invoices Credit and Collections Collector Default 100

Credit Management Group UK

JUNE 16, 2024

Throughout my years in commercial credit management, I have identified several mistakes that companies make within their order to cash process; mistakes that are often very small and easily fixed; make enough of them, however, and you could find your cash flow isn’t flowing the way you would like it to.

Credit Management 99

Credit Management Credit and Collections Order to Cash Credit Risk 99

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.

Credit and Collections 100

Credit and Collections Third Party Collections Bankruptcy Bad Debt 100

Abrigo

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The most-read lending & credit blogs in 2023 Probability of default, CECL model validation, and stress testing were among Abrigo's top blogs on ALM, CECL, and portfolio risk this year. download NOW Takeaway 1 The most popular blog posts on the Abrigo site reflect many of the priorities community banks and credit unions had in 2023.

Credit Risk 88

Credit Risk Credit Unions Dashboards CECL 88

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.

Credit and Collections 98

Credit and Collections Credit Management Dashboards Payment Portals 98

Credit Management Group UK

JANUARY 7, 2024

To tackle these issues, for a low monthly cost we can provide your business with the expertise and support necessary in fully understanding your credit management issues, analysing the situation to find the most appropriate solutions.

Credit Management 92

Credit Management Bad Debt Credit and Collections Credit Risk 92

Know-It Global

APRIL 26, 2023

As a business owner, it’s essential to understand and manage credit risk to maintain a healthy cash flow and avoid financial losses. Credit risk is the potential for a borrower to fail to repay a loan or credit extended to them. Did you know? What are you waiting for, get started now.

Credit Risk 98

Credit Risk Bad Debt Credit and Collections Default 98

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.

Credit Scoring 130

Credit Scoring Credit and Collections Bad Debt Credit Risk 130

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. Due to a lack of risk awareness and misaligned priorities these actions often perpetuate internal friction, which can sometimes overflow into the customer experience.

Accounts Receivable (AR) 130

Accounts Receivable (AR) Days Sales Outstanding Bad Debt Credit and Collections 130

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.

Credit and Collections 130

Credit and Collections Collector Accounts Receivable (AR) AR Automation 130

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.

Collector 189

Collector Past Due Invoices Credit and Collections Bad Debt 189

Your Virtual Credit Manager

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

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.

Chapter 11 130

Chapter 11 Accounts Receivable (AR) Bankruptcy Credit and Collections 130

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?

Credit Sales 130

Credit Sales Bad Debt Credit and Collections Credit Risk 130

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.

Credit and Collections 52

Credit and Collections Credit Management Dashboards Payment Portals 52

Gaviti

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

This mindset often leads to underinvestment in collections efforts, and when budget cuts are necessary, accounting departments like collections are typically the first affected. However, maintaining a steady cash flow is essential for business survival, and efficient collections directly impact the bottom line.

Automated Cash Application 52

Automated Cash Application Credit and Collections Cash Applicator Deductions 52

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?

Collector 130

Collector Credit and Collections Default Third Party Collections 130

Credit Management Group UK

MARCH 7, 2023

Some of the most common credit management issues are relatively easy to overcome; here I detail the top five issues, and how they can be resolved. I recommend businesses have collection strategies for their different customer types with timed actions and the end result being suspension of account and legal action.

Credit Management 104

Credit Management Credit and Collections Credit Risk 104

Your Virtual Credit Manager

AUGUST 6, 2024

Extending credit is standard practice if you are selling to other businesses. Most commercial enterprises are simply not willing to continue trading without credit terms, making it difficult for any trade credit grantor to generate enough revenue to survive on cash sales. In reality, granting credit is much more complicated.

Bad Debt 100

Bad Debt Credit and Collections Accounts Receivable (AR) Credit Risk 100

Emagia

JUNE 12, 2023

Credit risk management plays a critical role in the financial health and stability of businesses across industries. It involves identifying, assessing, and mitigating the potential risks associated with extending credit to customers or counterparties. What is Credit Risk Management?

Credit Risk 52

Credit Risk Credit and Collections Bad Debt Default 52

Credit Management Group UK

JULY 19, 2023

Small businesses need to ensure they have the most effective credit management systems and skills to tackle late payment seriously, to avoid becoming one of those statistics. Yet many companies take a ‘sledge hammer’ approach to collecting payment from their customers. Credit management should be ‘customer focused’.

Credit Management 50

Credit Management Bad Debt Credit and Collections Credit Application 50

blue dot counseling

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

The collection side of credit control is difficult enough so identifying bad payer problems before you have even made a sale can save you time and money. The post Get paid quicker – 5 ways to avoid bad credit risks appeared first on Blue Dot Consulting.

Credit Risk 52

Credit Risk Credit and Collections Credit Management 52

Emagia

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The common business risks include credit risk which mainly refers to the risk of the borrowers failing to repay credit or loan that has been extended to them, customers failing to pay the invoices raised against the supply of goods or services, or vendors failing to supply goods or services after having been paid in time.

Credit Risk 59

Credit Risk Credit and Collections Default Credit Management 59

Your Virtual Credit Manager

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Credit and collections management too often involves simultaneously handling multiple urgent tasks that demand immediate attention. This advice should resonate deeply for anybody involved in credit management, particularly in times of economic uncertainty. it just might help them collect faster and pay you sooner.

Accounts Receivable (AR) 130

Accounts Receivable (AR) Credit and Collections Credit Management Default 130

Your Virtual Credit Manager

JUNE 18, 2024

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.

Bad Debt 100

Bad Debt Credit and Collections Credit Risk Credit Card Companies 100

Know-It Global

MAY 8, 2023

As a business owner, it’s essential to understand and manage credit risk to maintain a healthy cash flow and avoid financial losses. Credit risk is the potential for a borrower to fail to repay a loan or credit extended to them. Did you know? What are you waiting for, get started now.

Credit Risk 52

Credit Risk Bad Debt Credit and Collections Default 52

Your Virtual Credit Manager

JANUARY 2, 2024

Contacting customers to pay past due amounts (collecting) is an essential element of accounts receivable (AR) management. For most firms, late customer payments are a frequent occurrence and collecting them can be a difficult task. Collections also has to be done effectively with minimal alienation of customers.

Bad Debt 130

Bad Debt Credit and Collections Accounts Receivable (AR) Credit Management 130

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

Credit Application 130

Credit Application Bad Debt Bankruptcy Credit Scoring 130

Know-It Global

MAY 8, 2023

As a business owner, it’s essential to understand and manage credit risk to maintain a healthy cash flow and avoid financial losses. Credit risk is the potential for a borrower to fail to repay a loan or credit extended to them. Did you know? What are you waiting for, get started now.

Credit Risk 52

Credit Risk Bad Debt Credit and Collections Default 52

Know-It Global

JUNE 22, 2023

ONE OF Scotland’s fastest growing fintechs, Know-It, has unveiled a new service in its cloud-based credit management platform designed to revolutionise the accounting industry. Credit management is essential for accountants, as it allows them to manage their clients’ financials more effectively.

Credit Management 52

Credit Management Credit and Collections Bankruptcy Credit Risk 52

Your Virtual Credit Manager

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Who absorbs any potential bad debt loss — does the lender have recourse to return the AR if they cannot collect it versus a non-recourse arrangement? Who performs the Credit & Collection activities — you or the finance company? Your Virtual Credit Manager is a reader-supported publication.

Past Due Invoices 130

Past Due Invoices Credit and Collections Deductions Accounts Receivable (AR) 130

Your Virtual Credit Manager

AUGUST 27, 2024

Imagine a world where extending trade credit was completely risk-free, and granting open terms of sale to business customers required no second thought. In such an ideal scenario, every customer would have both the ability and the integrity to pay their bills in full and on time, eliminating any need for a credit management.

Accounts Receivable (AR) 100

Accounts Receivable (AR) Credit and Collections Default Cybersecurity 100

Emagia

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Enterprises digitally transform their credit risk management processes to manage and navigate volatile market conditions, new regulatory pressures, increasing customer expectations, and other credit risks related to customers and vendors. Robotic Process Automation (RPA). Artificial intelligence (AI).

Credit Risk 52

Credit Risk Credit Scoring Bankruptcy Credit and Collections 52

Your Virtual Credit Manager

MARCH 12, 2024

As a result, trade credit, where businesses extend financing to customers, is undergoing rapid advancements, but it also poses high risks, especially in assessing creditworthiness, dealing with economic fluctuations, and fraud. Are there past due accounts you are trying to collect? it just might help them pay you sooner!

AR Transformation 100

AR Transformation Credit and Collections Accounts Receivable (AR) Order to Cash 100

Your Virtual Credit Manager

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

To optimize the order-to-cash (O2C) process, it's crucial to understand the significant role Credit and Collections plays. Photo by Jay Heike on Unsplash ) What happens during the O2C process, however, apart from credit and collection activities, can have an outsized impact on cash flow and AR performance.

Credit and Collections 130

Credit and Collections DSO Deductions Accounts Receivable (AR) 130

Your Virtual Credit Manager

DECEMBER 5, 2023

This misguided search for a singular understanding applies to many things, including collecting Accounts Receivable (AR). Optimal Collection results are achieved by utilizing different collection techniques with different types of customers. How do you determine which customer types merit which collection protocols?

Credit and Collections 130

Credit and Collections Accounts Receivable (AR) Third Party Collections Credit Risk 130

JSP Credit Management

MAY 26, 2022

But what we do feel duty bound to do is be realistic about the risks that businesses are exposed to when their credit management department is not given its fair share of TLC. Our first suggestion relates to the decision on whether or not to extend credit to your customer.

Credit Management 52

Credit Management Credit and Collections Bad Debt Credit Risk 52

Your Virtual Credit Manager

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Clearly, the level of Business Credit Risk is going to remain elevated as we move through 2024, bringing with it the potential for corresponding increases in bad debt and delinquency. Start with your largest customers along with those you know are at risk. For more on credit evaluations, check out this post.

Bankruptcy 130

Bankruptcy Credit and Collections Bad Debt Accounts Receivable (AR) 130