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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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9 Trade Credit Traps to Avoid

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Subscribe now Nine Credit Traps to Avoid Like anything else, you do not want your credit decisions biased by common fallacies or misplaced trust and perceptions. Credit evaluations prevent more bad debts than collection efforts. High risk customers shouldn’t be granted credit.

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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

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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.