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A Focus on Collections & Credit Fraud

Your Virtual Credit Manager

In our case, we found a continued interest in collection technique and strategy, as well as in fighting credit fraud. Delaying collection efforts sends a message to customers that late payments are acceptable, establishing a bad precedent. To avoid this, collections should begin within 3-7 days of the due date.

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The Case for Outsourcing Collections

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Photo by CDC on Unsplash Credit & Collection results suffer greatly from lack of attention and expertise. Hiring an experienced full-time person to perform the Credit & Collection tasks is not financially possible. Learn More About Credit Reports Please share this newsletter with your small business customers.

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Red Flags, Slow Payments, and Collection Secrets

Your Virtual Credit Manager

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. First we look at Red Flags that may indicate a customer could begin paying slower or default. Far more damaging is a customer that defaults (never pays).

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Privacy by design and default: Purpose & Data Controller driven processing of personal data

SAP Credit Management

SAP plans to provide substantial functionality to adhere even more to the privacy by design and default principle. Guiding assumptions and definitions for purpose-based processing First assumption Privacy by design and default is based on the purposes of the processing of personal data. This has been overtaken in the EU-GDPR.

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Gleaning Actionable Insights from Credit Scores

Your Virtual Credit Manager

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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Mitigating Commercial Credit Fraud

Your Virtual Credit Manager

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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Effectively Collecting Receivables Is a Time Management Challenge

Your Virtual Credit Manager

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.