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Interview with Oliveyra Maximiliano

Maximiliano Oliveyra, I am the Regional Manager of Structured Trade Finance for North LATAM in ADM. I have been over 20 years in finance, accounting...
Could you introduce yourself and describe your background? Maximiliano Oliveyra, I am the Regional Manager of Structured Trade Finance for North LATAM in ADM. I have been over 20 years in finance, accounting and process management working with recognized companies from different business areas. ...

Author: OLIVEYRA Maximiliano 05-20-2022

Welcome to Words of Experts

What is Words of Experts? How to contribute?
Credit Management Tools is a community of more than 30 000 users per month who meet around the themes of credit management! We are proud of this and we are committed to living up to your loyalty and continuing to share our knowledge. That's why we invite you to become an author by publishing...

Author: KHALDI Nagète 05-05-2022

CM tools interviews: Ekaterina Nikanorova, Regional Credit Manager

Let's talk about credit management only, appart of the actuality. Here is a short interview with a credit management expert, to talk about credit management practices and context in Russia.
Could you introduce yourself and describe your background? I graduated two Moscow Universities and have Master degrees as Biotechnology engineer and Economist (International Finance).Have been working whole my career in International companies with headquarters in South Korea, USA,...

Author: NIKANOROVA Ekaterina 04-22-2022

How crisis show how people and companies are?

Inter-company credit, a real thermometer of the attitude of companies in times of crisis. How to orient it in the right direction?
«Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked.». This somewhat grotesque maxim by Warren Buffet illustrates, however, an inherent reality in times of crisis: if stability frames behavior and conditions it, exceptional situations break these locks and reveals...

Author: MAZUIR Bertrand 04-14-2020

The credit management facing a shock wave

Assessment of the economic impacts on businesses and inter-company credit of the crisis following the Covid19. How to cope ?
French companies have applied for state-guaranteed loans for nearly 3 billion euros. The number of people already on partial unemployment has also crossed the 5 million threshold and this should continue.The deaths are numerous and it does not matter where we are on the planet. This unprecedented...

Author: YAO Jérémie 04-08-2020

The payment profile, a major advantage for an efficient management of your Accounts Receivable

How to use the payment profiles to optimize the management of the Accounts Receivable of its company and to highlight the internal problems?
Nowadays, profiling is best known as a solid way to collect information related to the profiles of Internet users from their reactions to e-mails, advertisements and their browsing behavior on the web in order to identify in particular their buying behavior. So why not imagine that your...

Author: YAO Jérémie 02-24-2020

How to rejuvenate your aging balance?

What is the goal of an aging balance? To rejuvenate of course! A serious facelift is however an absolute necessity for any company that wishes to improve its cash flow and maintain its profitability!
The aging balance, this classic tool in terms of appreciation of collection performance, deserves that we take some time to really exploit it and also know how to rejuvenate it. Little reminder: Constituted of different buckets, it looks as a simple tool. The standard approach is to...

Author: YAO Jérémie 07-19-2019

Why should you use a cash collection software?

What interest can a find SMEs to use specialized software in credit management
Cash is the lifeblood of any business. Cash makes possible to meet its obligations to its suppliers and financial partners. Cash allows the payment of salaries, and provides the ability to invest and develop the business. This assumption is generally accepted. Almost all leaders and business...

Author: MAZUIR Bertrand 07-18-2019

Why should you chase your customers before the due date of your invoices?

What are the advantages to start the collection process before the invoices due dates? How to perform an efficient collection prior due date?
Any commercial relationship is based on mutual commitments shared between the seller and the buyer. The buyer undertakes to pay the price of the service or equipment delivered on the date specified in the contract and invoices. However, the buyer frequently forgets, at least temporarily, this...

Author: MAZUIR Bertrand 08-23-2017

Did you know your Credit Application Could be Costing you Money?

This blog discusses how to evaluate an existing credit application and identify deficiencies or how to create an optimal new credit application.
Credit applications are usually a way for creditors to collect information about a potential customer and communicate credit and contractual terms. Unfortunately, all too often the credit applications we see at our commercial collection agency are missing key items necessary to protect our...

Author: KAPLAN Dean 07-28-2014

06-25-2014

July, the month of preventive recovery

02-27-2014

How To Make Receivables Harder To Collect

01-06-2014

Is 2014 the year of economic pragmatism?