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Credit Cards – Reducing the Cost of Acceptance – You hold the keys to success

Credit Research Foundation

Risk Mitigation – A seldom noted but important point is that a properly implemented program can reduce your risk of slow payment, fraud, and default within your portfolio. A properly implemented credit card program is becoming an essential tool in the payment process for organizations both large and small.

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How MNS can help to Prevent Bad Debts in 2023: Expert Advice from a Debt Collector

MNS Credit Management Group

Bad debt recovery: What is it? The money that your company receives after writing off bad debt as uncollectible is known as bad debt recovery. When the borrower is unable to repay the lender within the allotted time, the bad debt recovery process is initiated. How can bad debts be recouped?

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Revolutionize Your Credit Application Process: A Compelling Case for Digital Transformation

Credit Research Foundation

This efficiency allows for resource redeployment to higher-value work, all while minimizing customer default risk. Driving Value with Digital Transformation: The transformative journey eliminates paper and postage costs, reduces the cycle time for application reviews and approvals, and introduces a dashboard for real-time visibility.

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Are There Hidden Risks in Your AR Portfolio?

Your Virtual Credit Manager

About 25 years ago, a credit manager I know saved his company from a seven-figure bad debt loss by monitoring the Internet on his biggest customers. If the European parent company defaulted, the North American subsidiary would be pulled into bankruptcy even though its operations were profitable.

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Are You In Control of Your Receivables?

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Not being paid in full or in part causes a bad debt loss. The first step is to estimate how much bad debt loss you can absorb as a percentage of sales in a year. Conversely, if the profit margin is low, bad debt losses will have a much greater impact, and credit controls will have to be tighter.

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Due Diligence Doesn't End with the Credit Application

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Furthermore, new businesses and small businesses tend to have high failure rates, and there is good reason to believe a wave of defaults is coming. If the European parent company defaulted, the North American subsidiary would be pulled into bankruptcy even though its operations were profitable.

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Are You Your Own Worst Enemy?

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Economic downturns can impact a customer's ability to pay, leading to delayed or defaulted payments. Simply put, if customers have weak financials or a history of late payments or defaults, there is an elevated risk of bad debt. There are a lot of reasons business fail. it just might help them pay you sooner!

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