Credit and Collections Document Past Due Invoices 
Your Virtual Credit Manager
OCTOBER 22, 2024
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. Falsifying documents is another way criminals perpetrate frauds.
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.
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Your Virtual Credit Manager
JANUARY 16, 2024
If you sell on open credit terms, you need to plan on having to expend time and resources collecting from those customers that don’t pay when due. No matter how much effort you put into evaluating customer credit, some customers will not live up to your expectations. You need to be doing the right things.
Your Virtual Credit Manager
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
For most small businesses, collections are reactive. When a customer goes past due, they then go into action — typically with a call, though it is also likely that unless a sizeable amount is involved a call is not made right away. Keep in mind that your goal is to create an effective collection strategy.
Your Virtual Credit Manager
JUNE 4, 2024
Successful collections require the coordination of a variety of activities: timely and accurate invoices and payment posting, monthly statements, email reminders and other dunning notices as well as telephone calls. The company had maxed out its line of credit and so was having some cash flow difficulties.
Your Virtual Credit Manager
MARCH 5, 2024
Finding the time and resources to accomplish all the collection activities required to do a good job is a constant challenge. Most small companies come up short because when there isn’t a dedicated employee responsible for credit and collections, the owner or CFO have more important things to do.
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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