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Supercharge Your Collections

Your Virtual Credit Manager

For small business executives, and many mid-sized businesses as well, managing collections effectively can be a significant challenge, particularly when time and resources are limited. To improve your collection efforts, you need to first see what is under the hood. Do you need help assessing your customers’ credit risks?

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It's Time for a Layered Approach to Collections

Your Virtual Credit Manager

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. it just might help them pay you sooner! What do you need help with?

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Balancing Credit Sales with Profits

Your Virtual Credit Manager

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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Is Granting Credit Terms Worth the Risk?

Your Virtual Credit Manager

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.

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9 Trade Credit Traps to Avoid

Your Virtual Credit Manager

When a commercial account wants to buy your product, chances are they will want credit terms. Business credit, also known as trade credit, facilitates the flow of goods and services between business trading partners. The purpose behind extending trade credit is to facilitate the sale of some other product or service.

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Trade Credit Insurance for Businesses: Definition, Benefits & How It Works

TreviPay

Trade credit insurance has become a vital tool for businesses looking to protect themselves from the risk of non-payment by customers. Trade credit insurance, also known as accounts receivable insurance, safeguards businesses from significant losses. What Is Trade Credit Insurance?

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5 Methods to Reduce Late Payments

Gaviti

If late invoice payments cause you to miss loan repayments, it can impact your credit, and, if it continues, can land you in court. Employees who aren’t paid on time will find work elsewhere, making it hard to fulfill future customer requests, and send and collect invoices. These include: Lack of a unified process.