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Business Customer Personas: A Collectors Guide

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Photo by Keren Fedida on Unsplash Each business customer presents a unique set of circumstances. Identifying the groupings within your customer accounts receivable (AR) portfolio enables you to deal with them all more effectively and efficiently. PLEASE NOTE: Due to the July 4th holiday there will be no post next week.

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What is the Role of AI in Accounts Receivable (AR)?

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In this blog, we will explore the crucial role AI plays in accounts receivable, how it can benefit businesses, and the challenges it presents. What is Accounts Receivable? Accounts receivable refers to the outstanding money owed by customers to a business for goods or services provided.

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The Best Accounts Receivable Reporting Software Solutions of 2025

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These advanced technologies are now seamlessly integrated into accounts receivable reporting software, playing a crucial role in optimizing A/R processes, boosting efficiency, and improving overall cash flow for businesses. What Is Accounts Receivable Reporting Software? Greater A/R efficiency.

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Is Granting Credit Terms Worth the Risk?

Your Virtual Credit Manager

What is, or will be, your firm’s level of exposure to this account? This should be assessed in respect to the level of exposure your customer, including related entities, presents to your entire AR portfolio as well as in relation to their peer group. How have the risks been changing over time? Something to Think About.

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Balancing Credit Sales with Profits

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Credit industry groups discuss the payment history of common customers, but they always have an independent moderator present so that customer discussion do not veer off onto the topic of how individual companies plan on selling those same customers in the future. Credit Insurance policies often exclude individual, high risk accounts.

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Is Your AR Management up to the Task?

Your Virtual Credit Manager

That all the above consequences can present themselves simultaneously, only makes the downside worse. Poor Credit Controls: Poor credit control practices can result in providing goods or services to high-risk accounts that are likely to pay beyond terms or even default on payments. Here’s more on Credit Checks.

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Supercharge Your Collections

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Electronic Invoice Presentment and Payment (EIPP) platforms benefit both you and your customer, especially when your EIPP solution can communicate electronically with a wide variety of AP invoice capture platforms. Pay special attention to clients who have a history of late payments in an effort to get them to change their habits.