May, 2020

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Tools to Help B2B Businesses Get Back to Work

Enterprise Recovery

Employers and organizations are beginning to move into a new normal after the COVID-19 pandemic response affected their businesses. With lockdown orders lifted and the phased approach to reopening, business owners and executives are seeking out ways to ramp up business quickly and keep their employees safe. Many companies furloughed or laid off staff and will be running at reduced staff levels for a period of time.

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Historical Marginalization Has Left the Navajo Nation Uniquely Vulnerable to COVID-19

Prosperity Now

The disproportionate contraction of COVID-19 within the Navajo Nation is just one more indicator of the challenges and vulnerabilities that

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Top Challenges Consumer Face When Using Alternative Credit Scoring Systems

Titan Consulting

Key Takeaways. Your credit score doesn’t measure your financial worth, or necessarily your level of financial responsibility. Your credit score only measures your ability to manage debt. Credit bureaus measure variables related to your debt like the total amount of your debt, if you make your debt payments on time, how long you have been paying on debt obligations and how much debt you are servicing relative to how much potential debt has been extended to you.

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How Mindfulness Helps You as a Leader

The Kaplan Group

No matter what kind of business you run, the current pandemic is probably testing your leadership skills. Whether your business has gone online, or is still physically open, you are handling new expectations, rules, and staff concerns. Research shows that one of the qualities that most helps leaders remain effective in a crisis is mindfulness. Mindfulness has been a buzz word in popular culture and in leadership training for a few years now.

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Solve Your Firms Automation Complexities Once and For All

Speaker: Mark Stovel

When it comes to automating, many firms focus on finding the latest tech, believing that efficiency is something achieved through new tools. Yet true efficiency is achieved by delivering real value to clients, not merely by upgraded systems. Without a clear approach, no level of automation can overcome the complexities of serving every client’s needs.

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Sergio Schüler Joins re:ceeve to Accelerate Product Development

Re:Ceeve

We have recently hired and are happy to welcome Sergio Schüler to the team at re:ceeve. He joins us to run product management and to play an important role in connecting the sales and marketing side of the business, our customers, as well as development with one another. His role is critical in making sure that everything flows together around our product to allow us to deliver the best solution to our customers.

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Five New Ways to Deal with Unpaid Invoices During COVID-19

Enterprise Recovery

If you regularly bill clients, you have likely had the experience of chasing down money. It's frustrating, uncomfortable and a little intimidating. Now add in a global pandemic, climbing unemployment statistics and the amount of small businesses closing shop and suddenly, asking for what's owed to you can be downright worrisome. Let's take a step back and consider a new way of dealing with outstanding or overdue invoices, shall we?

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The Page 30 Coalition: Looking Out for the Interests of Underserved Small Businesses During COVID-19 and Beyond

Prosperity Now

For weeks, jobless rates have sky-rocketed and economic activity has contracted as businesses struggle to stay afloat during the COVID-19

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How to Use Alternative Data to Build Your Credit Report

Titan Consulting

Key Takeaways: Over 50 Million American lack a credit score or adequate credit history that can be used to grant credit. If you are trying to establish credit for the first time, or just rebuild your credit after a financial hardship, non-traditional data sources may be helpful in establishing or improving your credit score. Several services now exist to help you establish a credit score or improve a poor credit score using non-traditional payment data such as rent, utilities and bank deposit ba

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3 Ways to Spend Extra Time During the Shutdown

C2C

The pandemic has drastically changed the business landscape in only a matter of weeks. Millions of businesses are being forced to close, operate at reduced capacity, or have their employees work remotely. While current conditions might have some staff overwhelmed, Read More » The post 3 Ways to Spend Extra Time During the Shutdown appeared first on C2C Resources Commercial Debt Collection Agency.

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Top 3 Banking Secrets to Stay Relevant with Gen Z Consumers

Speaker: Brian Muse-McKenney, Chief Revenue Officer & Matt Simester, Cards and Payments Expert

In today’s world of social media, dating apps, and remote work, businesses risk becoming irrelevant (or getting "ghosted") if they fail to meet the evolving needs of Gen Z consumers. Credit cards with flexible payment options, especially for young adults with little-to-no credit history, are a particularly important and valuable solution for this generation.

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re:ceeve Partners with Ferratum, Signaling a Shift to a New Standard in Collections

Re:Ceeve

How can a business continuously improve its collections processes and further grow? How can one implement fast, new solutions to clients? We answered these questions together with the team at ?Ferratum? - who we proudly have as our first large customer. re:ceeve and Ferratum Group. We were introduced to Ferratum through one of our business angels who was acquainted with their CEO. ?

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£4m Dubai Debt upheld by English Court

UK debt collections

An English Court has ordered an ex-Football Club boss to repay a Debt order issued by a Dubai Court. The Court ruling made in Dubai ordered David Haigh to re-pay millions of pounds in cash he was convicted of siphoning from an investment company in the UAE. David Haigh was convicted in 2015 by Courts in Dubai for a breach of trust. It was found that he embezzled almost £4m in funds from his previous employer GFH Capital Ltd.

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State by State Reopening Update

Receivables Control

During the last couple of weeks, states across the United States began to relax restrictions that were implemented to curb the spread of Covid-19. Below is a snapshot of what the various states are doing to reopen. This list was created on May 11, 2020 and it is subject to change quickly as the health, economic, and political landscapes continue to change rapidly.

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How to Make Sure Your Business Survives a Financial Crisis

Direct Recovery

Planning for a financial crisis isn’t one of the first things that come to mind when someone starts their own business, but at various times over the past few years, it has been something that millions of business owners wish they had spent more time thinking about. Most people who struggle through a financial crisis will tell you that they never saw it coming, so with that in mind, the best way to be sure that you are preparing your business to survive the next one is to always be ready for the

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How Collection Agencies Minimize Effort and Maximize Results with the Right Software

Navigating collections in the dynamic financial landscape presents multifaceted challenges. Organizations face pressures to maintain standards alongside software challenges like regulatory adaptations, data integration, security, workflow optimization, and automation. Finding the right software can save time and money. BEAM offers a comprehensive solution with specialized modules to streamline debt collection effortlessly.

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Build Your Consumer Connection Pyramid: One Word at a Time

PDC Flow

Share this Article Today’s post is a guest blog written by Mary Shores , agency owner of Midstate Collection Solutions. The coronavirus has touched every one of us in some way and caused a great amount of fear and uncertainty. At the same time, it has required us to isolate ourselves, which means the need for true human connection has never been greater. .

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Pros and Cons of Paperless Statements

Debt Guru

In today’s virtual-reliant world, much of our day-to-day business takes place in Cyberspace. But banking and financial transactions might still make you leery. Whether it’s your monthly credit card or mortgage bill, your regular bank account statement, your quarterly 401(k) update, or another financially sensitive document, some of us prefer the piece of paper delivered to our mailbox.

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Reopening Offices Under Michigan COVID-19 Executive Orders

Fraser

Governor Whitmer’s various Executive Orders (“EOs”) have transitioned from shut-down to phased reopening. Those multiple EOs make the reopening process confusing. This article summarizes the requirements to permissible recall office workers for work outside of their own homes. However, the actual requirements are lengthy and all must be met by the employer.

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Understanding Why You Have So Many Different Credit Scores

Titan Consulting

Key Takeaways. All three for-profit credit reporting agencies, Experian, Equifax and Transunion compile and report consumer credit and debt payment activity and sell this consumer information to lenders seeking to grant credit. It is always a good idea to check what is being reported on your credit file from each agency as each agency may report differently.

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From Complexity to Clarity: Strategies for Effective Compliance and Security Measures

Speaker: Erika R. Bales, Esq.

When we talk about “compliance and security," most companies want to ensure that steps are being taken to protect what they value most – people, data, real or personal property, intellectual property, digital assets, or any other number of other things - and it’s more important than ever that safeguards are in place. Let’s step back and focus on the idea that no matter how complicated the compliance and security regime, it should be able to be distilled down to a checklist.

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Emergency Insolvency reforms introduced

UK debt collections

The Government has introduced the Corporate Governance and Insolvency Bill in Parliament, which will put in place a series of measures to amend insolvency and company law to support business and to address the challenges resulting from the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19). The Bill consists of 6 insolvency measures and 2 corporate governance measures.

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What To Do When A Good Customer Incurs Bad Debt

JMA

Don’t let a good business relationship turn sour because of debt — what do you have to do when the need arises? Customer Conundrum Every business has encountered this scenario in one way or another – that of having good customers with a proven track record with your company but is not able to pay. Read more » The post What To Do When A Good Customer Incurs Bad Debt appeared first on JMA Credit Control.

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Managing Remote Staff in Healthcare Collections Long-Term

PDC Flow

Share this Article It has been a few months since companies transitioned their staff out of offices. By now, the immediate struggles of changing on-site employees into remote workers have been resolved. Now, healthcare collections and other accounts receivable businesses are starting to realize that managing remote staff may be a long term necessity. .

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What to Look for in a Free Financial Management App

Debt Guru

Keeping on top of your personal finances requires a lot of energy. But today, your financial organization can be at your fingertips … literally. As close, in fact, as your cellphone. With mobile banking on the rise, a wave of financial apps has emerged as the convenient way to monitor and track your finances. Use these tools in virtually every aspect of your personal finances.

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When It Comes to Collections Software, “Good Enough” Isn’t Good Enough

Are you finding some snags in your collections process? With delinquencies, and the number of consumers looking for payment assistance on the rise, it may be time to consider an efficient cloud-based software to support your team. Learn how MeridianLink® Collect has helped financial institutions like yours streamline collections processes.

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Payday Loans Are Illegal in New York State

FFGN COLLECT NY

When money is tight, some seek out the last resort: a payday loan. These short-term, high-interest cash loans are offered in advance of a paycheck or some other form of cash injection. But the typically massive interest quickly adds up. Critics call these loans predatory and warn that borrowers can fall into even greater debt. That’s why New York made payday loans illegal.

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Five Ways CEOs Are Rethinking Accounts Receivable

Debtor Daddy

Accounts Receivable (AR) is a relatively small cog in your business machine but it carries with it an outsized cost if mismanaged. Conversely, if managed well it offers an outsized benefit to a business in the form of predictable cash flow and predictable customer experience. No surprises. You’re happy, your team is happy and your customers are happy.

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Seven Staff confirmed with Covid-19 at Debt Collection firm

UK debt collections

Seven staff at a Debt Collection Call Centre in Lancashire have tested positive for Covid-19 after employees were ordered to return to work. Preston based Debt Collection firm Akinika had originally closed its doors on the 11th May after a member of staff had tested positive on Saturday the 9th with the Coronavirus. The closure was for a “deep clean” of the Premises after telling staff that a fellow employee had tested positive.

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This is What You Should Know About Debt Collection

JMA

Many business owners admit that whenever a customer or anyone else owes them money, it carries with it a frustrating feeling. Often, these debtors would try everything they can to avoid you such as ignoring any emails and reminder letters, not answering your calls, and try to evade you whenever they can. Any business owner. Read more » The post This is What You Should Know About Debt Collection appeared first on JMA Credit Control.

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10 Ways to Improve Payment Collections with Salesforce

For finance teams using Salesforce’s powerful CRM technology, automation can transform accounts receivable processes, driving efficiency and delivering measurable results like cost savings, reduced customer churn, and lower DSO.