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. Your Virtual Credit Manager is a reader-supported publication.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

JANUARY 7, 2025

Your Virtual Credit Manager is a reader-supported publication. Besides driving process improvement, the experts at Your Virtual Credit Manager can apply default risk probabilities & other financial benchmarks to your AR portfolio to reveal actionable credit & collection insights.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

To continue reading and learn how to best prioritize your collection efforts for maximum cashflow you must be a paid subscriber to Your Virtual Credit Manager. Do you need help assessing your customers’ credit risks?

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

This advice should resonate deeply for anybody involved in credit management, particularly in times of economic uncertainty. To continue reading and learn how to use calmness and clarity to turn nervousness into excitement to fuel success, you must be a paid subscriber to Your Virtual Credit Manager.

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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.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

JUNE 13, 2023

Photo by Jamie Street on Unsplash There are two types of credit risk that arise from selling on open credit terms: Customers paying beyond terms (past due) reduce your cash flow. Far more damaging is a customer that defaults (never pays). If you haven’t, you almost certainly will…on all three accounts.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

OCTOBER 17, 2023

(Photo by Jandira Sonnendeck on Unsplash ) In most cases, you therefore have to extend credit to your B2B customers, which entails the following risks: Not being paid anything Being paid an amount less than the full invoice value Not being paid on time, whether in full or in part These outcomes are known as credit risks.

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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. Your Virtual Credit Manager is a reader-supported publication. Learn More About Credit Reports Please share this newsletter with your small business customers.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

DECEMBER 24, 2024

If your enjoy it or find it useful, we hope you will subscribe Your Virtual Credit Manager is a reader-supported publication. Learn More About Consulting Readers of Your Virtual Credit Manager can access sharply discounted business credit reports from D&B, Experian, and Equifax through our partner accredit.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Share Controlling Credit Risk Increasing sales to high margin customers disproportionately increases total gross profit. Readers of Your Virtual Credit Manager can now access sharply discounted business credit reports from D&B, Experian, or Equifax through our partner Accredit. Here’s how?

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

JANUARY 10, 2023

Photo by Patrick Hendry on Unsplash Although defaults resulting in significant bad debt losses are a rare event for trade creditors, much of the focus of AR Management is on credit risk. Banks make money by lending so they pay close attention to the credit risk of the borrower. Buy Credit Reports 4.

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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. It will also help your prioritize your credit reviews as recommended in item #1. Here’s more on setting credit limits.

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Abrigo

APRIL 21, 2016

Banks and credit unions have access to more data than they can use to help them identify potential customers, potential cross sales, understand relationship profitability and riskiness of borrowers - predicting future defaults and distinguishing good customers from bad. Download the Predicting Credit Risk Whitepaper.

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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?

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Economic downturns can impact a customer's ability to pay, leading to delayed or defaulted payments. The experts at Your Virtual Credit Manager are ready to help you improve cash flow and reduce AR risks during these challenging times. What do you need help doing?

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Selling only to financially strong customers reduces the risk of bad debt loss, (and the cost of Credit and Collections activity required). Most companies, however, need incremental sales volume from higher-credit-risk customers to break even and achieve profitability. it just might help them pay you sooner!

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SAP Credit Management

AUGUST 29, 2023

Credit Value Adjustment (CVA) is the amount subtracted from the mark-to-market (MTM) value of positions to account for the expected loss due to counterparty defaults. Since CVA is a positive value, it is deducted from the risk free NPV calculation.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Pricing Problems: A supplier of medical devices implemented a new ERP system, but flaws in the pricing application caused it to frequently default to list price (nearly every accounts had exceptions), thereby generating hundreds of incorrect invoices. Do you need help assessing your customers’ credit risks?

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Cash flow is the biggest cause of customers defaults, but often cash flow is a result of other financial problems or miscues. A customer can be paying you with no problems, but then their bank line of credit comes up for review and is drastically cut back by the bank. Credit grantors will often consider other factors as well.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Your Virtual Credit Manager (YVCM) previously published an article discussing the pros and cons of Prompt Payment Discounts. It will reduce your Accounts Receivable (AR) balance and the associated elevated credit risk inherent in a larger AR. If not paid by the discount date, the full amount is due in 30 days.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

A former client had the necessary credit and collection expertise for their industry. They understood the dynamics that affected their customers and marketplace, as well as the credit controls needed to keep credit risk in check in this environment. Do you need help assessing your customers’ credit risks?

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Don’t get sucked into a prolonged discussion on business conditions or the problems the customer is facing, unless they appear to be indicators of default or business failure. Your Virtual Credit Manager is a reader-supported publication. Webinar Registration Do you need help assessing your customers’ credit risks?

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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. The good news is you can avoid these issues. Did you know?

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

AUGUST 27, 2024

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. Just 25 years ago, credit executives were primarily concerned with financial risks — except of course for the Y2K bug that briefly stole the spotlight.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Your Virtual Credit Manager is a reader-supported publication. Do you need help assessing your customers’ credit risks? The experts at Your Virtual Credit Manager have default risk probabilities and other financial benchmarks for analyzing your AR portfolio and revealing actionable insights.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

JULY 2, 2024

Hopefully, that gets you past the emotions so you can have a rational discussion about getting paid Habitual debtors repeatedly default on promises and usually have a history of slow payment and defaults. These account provide a serious credit risk, and should not be approved for open credit terms.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

AUGUST 22, 2023

Selling to new businesses on credit terms has always meant taking on more risk than is involved with established businesses, but recent substantial increases in inflation, interest rates, and labor costs raises the specter of a large number of business defaults for the foreseeable future.

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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. The good news is you can avoid these issues. Did you know?

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Your Virtual Credit Manager is a reader-supported publication. To learn more about implementing a strategic collections process, join David Schmidt on October 16, 2024, at 1:30 PM EDT for a webinar on the subject Webinar Registration Do you need help assessing your customers’ credit risks?

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Support credit risk management Understanding loan covenants, when financial institutions should use them, and how to monitor them supports strong lending portfolios and credit risk management best practices. Loan agreements also include provisions describing financial default and technical default.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

DECEMBER 26, 2023

First we look at Red Flags that may indicate a customer could begin paying slower or default. Subscribe now Learn to Recognize These Red Flags There are two types of credit risk affiliated with selling on open credit terms. Far more damaging is a customer that defaults (never pays).

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

MAY 2, 2023

A critical part of this exercise involves identifying active and new customers posing high, or even just marginal, credit risks. The good news is, if the credit risk presented by a business customer is too high, there are financial tools that can be used to mitigate the risk but still grant the customer credit.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Raise Their Prices: When you have a high credit risk customer, you should be charging them the highest price possible. This will help compensate you for the high risk you bear and reduce the ultimate loss you may suffer. An Irrevocable Letter of Credit (LC) confirmed by a solid bank, with your firm named as the beneficiary.

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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.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

AUGUST 6, 2024

Aggregate Credit Risk and Seamless Trading An important goal for your business is to trade seamlessly with your customers; that is to fulfill their orders completely, accurately and QUICKLY. This will determine how much credit risk you can bear and how tight your credit controls need to be. ” The Bottom Line.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Your Virtual Credit Manager is a reader-supported publication. Do you need help assessing your customers’ credit risks? The experts at Your Virtual Credit Manager have default risk probabilities and other financial benchmarks for analyzing your AR portfolio and revealing actionable insights.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

APRIL 18, 2023

. “First party” means routine collection contact for slight to medium delinquency account verses their usual highly escalated, urgent (third party) collection of very aged AR in danger of default. Credit Risk Evaluations : If you purchase Credit Risk Insurance, the insurer will serve as your Credit Department.

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