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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DSO Credit and Collections Bad Debt Collection Effectiveness Index 130

Trade Credit & Liquidity Management

APRIL 25, 2025

Trade credit is a major source of capital for businesses buying from other firms in the United States. This has increased reliance, by both the seller and the buyer, on trade credit terms for the working capital needed to operate their businesses successfully. Changing Perceptions Savvy credit executives can change that perception.

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Credit Management Credit and Collections Accounts Receivable (AR) Dashboards 52

CreditStrong for Business

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

If a collection account is deleted, does your credit score increase ? The short answer is that it depends on the credit-scoring model used to evaluate your credit. If a collection account appears on your credit, it highlights a crucial issue with your financial health, which you should immediately work to improve.

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RevCycle

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Another reason why Americans have so much medical debt is that many Americans have high-deductible health insurance plans. These plans have a low monthly premium, but they have a high deductible, which is the amount of money that the insured person must pay out-of-pocket before their insurance starts to pay.

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Medical Billing Bankruptcy Credit Scoring Deductions 203

Your Virtual Credit Manager

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

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

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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Collector Credit and Collections Default Third Party 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?

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Credit Sales Bad Debt Credit and Collections Credit Risk 130

Fundera

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

But while there’s a wealth of information out there about tax deductions for business owners in general, when you run your business out of your home, it can be far more challenging to understand how some of those policies apply. If you or your spouse are 65 years or older, you can deduct expenses that exceed 7.5% Finance Deductions.

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Deductions Bad Debt Credit and Collections Small Businesses 85

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.

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Credit and Collections DSO Deductions Accounts Receivable (AR) 130

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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Bulk Transfer Credit and Collections Bankruptcy Third Party Collections 100

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.

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

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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Waystar

MARCH 21, 2023

Point-of-service collections in healthcare grow more complex — and more critical — each day. Use these four tips to improve your collections at the time of care. Point-of-service collections in healthcare tip: 1. Share the costs Co-payment collections are a necessity. Can’t wait for a new blog each week?

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Emagia

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Manufacturing Manufacturers often juggle extensive customer bases, complex credit risks, and high invoicing volumes. Emagia provides tools to: Automate credit management and collections. Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) With high transaction volumes and frequent deductions, CPG companies face unique challenges.

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Revenue Recognition Credit and Collections Days Sales Outstanding Deductions 52

Emagia

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Autonomous Finance Capabilities: Enables intelligent self-driving end-to-end processes for accounts receivable operations including credit management, billing, invoicing, collections, deductions, cash application, cash flow forecasting and treasury management. Key Features and Benefits for CFOs 1.

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DSO Credit and Collections Bad Debt Payment Portals 52

Gaviti

APRIL 8, 2024

Anyone who’s worked in accounts receivables knows how valuable a good collections email template can be. Accounts receivable collections rely on clear communication with customers, both in delivering accurate invoices on time and ensuring those invoices get paid. It also eases the burden of invoice collections somewhat).

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Emagia

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Managing credit approvals, invoicing, collections, and deductions manually can be overwhelming, error-prone, and inefficient. Manufacturing: Global manufacturers often deal with complex credit risks and diverse customer bases. Emagia automates invoicing and deduction management, ensuring faster cash realization.

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Days Sales Outstanding Revenue Recognition DSO Credit and Collections 52

Your Virtual Credit Manager

JANUARY 3, 2023

Over time, AR Ledgers unfortunately tend to collect “Clutter.” Clutter can also cause new orders to be placed on a credit hold when it otherwise would have been automatically released. Share How to Clean Up Your AR Ledger Launch a collection program to collect all past due invoices at least 15 days late.

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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!

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

Your Virtual Credit Manager

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Suppliers, lenders, and credit rating agencies place substantial importance on these numbers when assessing your liquidity and overall financial strength. Their assessments of your business based in large part upon these metrics will determine your credit limits, collateral requirements, lines of credit and borrowing capacity.

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Credit and Collections Accounts Receivable (AR) Deductions Collector 147

Your Virtual Credit Manager

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Hopefully, that is why you are reading Your Virtual Credit Manager. If they are the result of a payment deduction (partial payment), an issue requiring an administrative solution, not handling the matter inflates your AR. In most cases (90 percent or more), we find the customer has a valid claim and deserves a credit.

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DSO Third Party Collections Credit and Collections Deductions 130

Your Virtual Credit Manager

JANUARY 9, 2024

Then last week we looked at credit hold best practices. From a credit management perspective, these are largely reactive topics. In fact, once you decide to sell a customer on open credit, most of the accounts receivable (AR) management tasks that follow have a reactive component. There is nothing wrong with that.

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Credit and Collections AR Aging Accounts Receivable (AR) Deductions 130

CreditStrong for Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

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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Automobile Dealerships Credit Scoring Credit and Collections Credit Card Payments 40

Emagia

APRIL 10, 2025

The CPG Financial Reality: Complexity at Scale Lets take a snapshot of what you’re up against: CPG accounts receivable cycles are among the most complex, with thousands of retail accounts, fragmented EDI invoices, promotional deductions, and trade spend.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

APRIL 18, 2023

Just as payroll has been cost effectively handled by external processors for over 70 years, so can a variety of credit, collection and AR tasks and processes. Credit Risk Evaluations : If you purchase Credit Risk Insurance, the insurer will serve as your Credit Department. it just might help them pay you sooner!

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Bad Debt Credit and Collections Third Party Collections Accounts Receivable (AR) 130

Your Virtual Credit Manager

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Processing Delays There are several AR activities that often take longer than they should and therefore cause delays: processing credit applications, approving orders, generating invoices, and posting payments. Credit evaluations, however, often take time. To make matters worse, most payment posting errors will involve deductions.

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

Fundera

JANUARY 7, 2019

You have expenses that are both expected and unexpected, as well as the inevitable credit card bill. More often than not, your business credit card ends up being your best bet to keep the ship floating. But that also means you’re likely to come up against business credit card fees, which can add up. Annual Credit Card Fees.

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Deductions Credit and Collections Credit Card Payments Credit Card Companies 50

Your Virtual Credit Manager

APRIL 25, 2023

Inevitably you will need to initiate collection activities; in other words, start requesting past due customers pay what they owe your firm for goods and/or services provided on credit terms. What are the other tasks that will not get done or be delayed because of the time you devote to collections?

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Credit and Collections Past Due Invoices Collector Deductions 130

Gaviti

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Different types of reports include an accounts receivable aging report, customer balance reports, collections performance reports, and cash flow forecasting reports. Track A/R performance metrics and KPIs such as collection rates, total A/R, DSO, customer risk, collective effectiveness index (CEI) and accounts receivable turnover ratio (ART).

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Collection Effectiveness Index DSO Credit and Collections Invoice to Cash 52

Your Virtual Credit Manager

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Subscribe now Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) From a credit perspective, DSO isn’t our favorite metric, but it is a standard used by accounting and finance professionals to reflect receivables turnover. Share Collections Effectiveness Index (CEI) The CEI provides a measure of collection effectiveness expressed as a percentage.

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DSO Credit and Collections Collection Effectiveness Index Bad Debt 130

Your Virtual Credit Manager

JUNE 27, 2023

Some have good credit, others are clear risks. The first evidence a business fits this persona is when their payment history — both references and credit bureau report — indicates they pay all their vendors promptly. When that happens, it is time to review their credit again.

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Collector Credit and Collections High-Risk Accounts Accounts Receivable (AR) 26

Your Virtual Credit Manager

JULY 16, 2024

Keeping these latter two groups under control requires collection efforts. Photo by Michael Starkie on Unsplash ) At a fundamental level, collections involves contacting customers to collect the money they owe you. Collections becomes more challenging when the customer objects. Keep upping the pressure until you are paid.

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Collector Accounts Receivable (AR) Past Due Invoices Credit and Collections 100

Your Virtual Credit Manager

OCTOBER 25, 2022

To add insult to injury, the situation is exacerbated by collection calls from the supplier, albeit innocently made in an attempt to get the order released from the credit hold queue. Wasted Collection effort – contacting customers to pay invoices they’ve already paid. These costs cannot be charged to the customer.

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Credit and Collections Accounts Receivable (AR) Cash Applicator Deductions 130

truly financial

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

You have to sort out which expenses are considered tax-deductible for your business’ income, and follow the proper methods for claiming them. The good news is that the majority of the expenses you’re incurring for your business are likely tax-deductible. These are tax-deductible.

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Deductions Small Businesses Credit and Collections Dashboards 52

Eagle Business Credit

APRIL 8, 2025

Repayments are typically made through daily or weekly deductions from the business’s bank account or directly from credit card sales. Invoice Factoring: Repayment is tied to the collection of invoices, aligning with your receivables. Debt Implications MCA: Adds debt to your balance sheet as it is a loan to the business.

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Deductions Credit Scoring Credit and Collections Default 45

Your Virtual Credit Manager

APRIL 11, 2023

Subscribe now Ten Reasons Accounts Receivables Under Perform Failure to Conduct Credit Checks: Sometimes newer business are so excited to get an order, they fail to check the new customer’s credit, only to end up selling to a deadbeat and not getting paid. Here’s more on Credit Checks.

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

Your Virtual Credit Manager

APRIL 4, 2023

Supporting profitable sales through the extension of credit Collecting as much of the AR generated as possible by or near the due date to ensure a substantial cash inflow Mitigating the risk of bad debt losses These tasks are best accomplished in a tidy environment. What constitutes optimization of a company’s AR?

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