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Balancing Credit Sales with Profits

Your Virtual Credit Manager

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. Insurers want to be paid for the risk they bear.

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It's Time for a Layered Approach to Collections

Your Virtual Credit Manager

More About Purchasing Credit Reports Over time, insights gained from this approach can inform risk assessments for new accounts, which you can use to refine your credit risk parameters.

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5 Methods to Reduce Late Payments

Gaviti

Streamline the credit process. Monitoring and limiting customer credit to customers with good credit risk helps to avoid late invoice payments, write-offs, and customer debt, all of which impact your cash flow. These components include: A/R management. Self-Service Payment Gateway.

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5 Methods to Reduce Late Payments

Gaviti

Streamline the credit process. Monitoring and limiting customer credit to customers with good credit risk helps to avoid late invoice payments, write-offs, and customer debt, all of which impact your cash flow. These components include: A/R management. Self-Service Payment Gateway.

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9 Trade Credit Traps to Avoid

Your Virtual Credit Manager

High risk customers shouldn’t be granted credit. The truth of the matt er is there are times you should give credit to high risk accounts and ways to mitigate those risks. Do you need help with your credit policies and procedures?

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Business Customer Personas: A Collectors Guide

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Share The High-Risk Account: Ideally you do not want to extend credit to high risk accounts. This persona may exhibit characteristics such as a history of defaults, financial instability, industry volatility, or a poor credit rating. it just might help them pay you sooner!

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Complete Guide To Credit Control For Business

Know-It Global

This guide provides a comprehensive overview of credit control practices and strategies that your business can implement to mitigate credit risk, reduce debtor days and boost cashflow! Setting Up Credit Control Processes 1.1 Adjust credit limits and terms based on customer payment history and financial stability.