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Are You Secure?

Credit Research Foundation

They both shared an overview of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code and the use of the same to better your position in the priority chain of being paid on your invoices. So, the question is: What are credit professionals doing about it? The process may seem daunting but there is support available.

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There's Nothing Good about Extended Payment Terms

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Payment Terms define when a customer is supposed to pay your invoice for the products and/or services your firm provided. at your expense, using your cash. Problems arise when customers try to extend payment terms by another 15 to 30 days or even more. Also, once granted, extended payment terms are very difficult to rescind.

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Loan covenants refresher: What, when, why & how

Abrigo

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. They are designed to help maintain the financial health of borrowers throughout the loan term.

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What Triggers Your Collection Efforts?

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Photo by Austin Chan on Unsplash ) For most trade creditors (B2B organizations selling on open terms), the collection process is triggered shortly after a customer’s account becomes past-due. Collection activity: Document the instances of broken promises or payment agreements before speaking to the customer's management.

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Manual Billing and Collections Are Draining Your Profits

Your Virtual Credit Manager

But as business managers from different industries, we shared a pretty huge common problem - never knowing when our clients would pay us for the service we provided them. Sure, we signed agreements, we sent out the invoices, and we set payment terms and billing due dates when we first onboarded our clients.

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How to Get Paid in Construction When Subcontracted

Credit Management Group UK

Small firms are often employed by larger contractors under a sub-contract agreement that they don’t fully understand, and once this is accepted there is very little wiggle room for a sub-contractor. When is the ‘final date for payment’? once the work is completed.

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Debt Collection Mistakes Can Prove Costly

Your Virtual Credit Manager

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. The other reason you should require a credit agreement or contracts that stipulate selling terms and conditions is that these also inform your customer of your payment expectations.