April, 2020

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4 Reasons NOT to Get a Payday Loan

Debt Guru

Payday [p?-?d?]: A great day that most of us regard fondly. Payday loan [p?-?d? ?l?n]: A financially detrimental debt arrangement that only benefits the lender. There’s a huge difference between these two terms. Unfortunately, while the former is pretty straightforward, there’s a lot of confusion surrounding the latter – something that shady or disreputable lenders use to their advantage.

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5 Tips To Keep Your Remote Workforce Connected

Qualco

Effective team communication is always important, but it is now more challenging as most of the people work from home to reduce potential exposure to coronavirus. The move to virtual working felt like a simple answer to a complex problem. However, physical isolation if not managed appropriately, will have unintended consequences, like decreased moral & reduced productivity.

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How to set up solid payment arrangements

Debt Recoveries

Whilst the world deals with the COVID-19 pandemic and the financial flow on effects, it will be of particular importance to understand a debtors financial position and. The key to any successful recovery, especially one via arrangement is to work with the debtor, not against them. You need to let them know you working towards a mutually beneficial solution to resolve the debt.

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Something to Consider with Payroll Protection Loans

C2C

Obviously, there is a lot in the news in regards to the CARES Act and how it applies to small businesses. If you are still wondering if you qualify and how to apply for aid, we recommend going to the. Read More » The post Something to Consider with Payroll Protection Loans appeared first on C2C Resources Commercial Debt Collection Agency.

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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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Dealing With Debt From COVID-19

Debt Free Colorado

How do I pay my Bills if I’m out of Work due to a Stay-At-Home Order? The efforts to contain the Coronavirus pandemic have pushed hundreds of thousands of people out of work. Without consistent income, paying your bills can be difficult if not impossible. Below you’ll find some strategies for working with your creditors and deciding which bills are the most important if you can’t pay them all.

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How to Be an Empathetic Leader

The Kaplan Group

Negotiations are a large part of any collections business, and empathy is at the heart of every negotiation. Empathy means being able to see and understand someone else’s point of view and needs. So, while I may want to collect as much of the money owed to my client as possible, I also need to understand that the debtor wants to keep his business open.

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Cheapest Ways to Do Online Grocery Shopping

Debt Guru

According to a Gallup Poll from August 2019, only 2 out of 10 American adults reported regularly doing their weekly grocery shopping online. Since then, due to necessity, many more of us are looking for alternative ways to access food and other basic needs by utilizing these services – but likely suffering the sticker shock of marked-up prices and extra fees that go along with the convenience.

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10 Credit Control Tasks You Can Do Before Outsourcing to Your Debt Collector

Debt Recoveries

The COVID-19 has taken the world by surprise and we at Debt Recoveries Australia and ADC Legal wanted to share some our top 10 credit control tasks you can complete before you send the debt to a debt collector. Follow this guide and set yourself up with a reputable debt recovery agent now, and have yourself prepared for business post COVID-19. Prevention.

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The Mchughes Law Firm, PLLC Wants To Help You Flatten The Curve!

The McHughes Law Firm

Alternative Payment Methods. In light of the global effects of COVID-19 and for any future issues that may result in the closing of our office to the public, we have outline several methods of alternative payment that involve less social interaction, and, therefore, less risk of further spreading of COVID-19. In person payments and even payments by mail include greater risks than our online and phone payment options.

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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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Your Plan Has Never Been More Important

Receivables Control

America is roughly six weeks into unprecedented challenges and we are seeing light on the other side. The mitigation and prevention efforts seem to have slowed the progress of the virus. Thankfully, this has led to significantly fewer hospitalizations and fatalities than was predicted just a few short weeks ago. This has brought us to the point where we can start thinking about the other side; relaxing some of the restrictions required to beat back the virus.

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Difficult Times For Charities In the Days Ahead

McLane

Many museums, hospitals, private schools, colleges, summer camps, and other non-profits were already facing economic challenges before the pandemic and now confront even greater financial stress. Some may not survive. When a non-profit is no longer able to carry out its charitable mission, difficult legal issues can arise with regard to the disposition of its campus, endowment, and assets gifted by benefactors for special purposes.

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Six Strategies For Protecting Your Business During This Crisis

The Kaplan Group

During this difficult time, protecting your health and the health of your family is the most important task. Of course, the health of your business is critical as well. The Covid-19 crisis will end. W hen it does, you want your business to be in as good a shape as possible. Keeping your business running and healthy might seem difficult in these days of forced closures.

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Sign of the Times: eSignatures Offer Law Firms Flexibility

NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

Law firms that require paper-based signatures are committed to in-person meetings ; b ut, th ose may not always be feasible. In some cases, the decision is out of the lawyers’ hands, for example: during a personal, national or global disaster. Of course, there are ot her reasons why your law firm may want to utilize esignatures. Not requiring a physical signature likely means that you can add new clients faster , because you won’t have to set up an on-person meeting to do it.

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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.

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Legal Small Claims Recoveries in Victoria, Australia: How Does it Work?

Debt Recoveries

Recently we have been focussing on how to reduce your credit risks, promote cash flow deal with debtors during the COVID-19 crisis. However it remains a possibility that with some debtors, legal action may be the only the only course of action to secure your recovery. The courts are open and operating on reduced or amended schedules during this time, and most importantly, your rights to be repaid for monies owed have not changed so it is important you assess all options available to you.

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COVID-19: Ohio Eviction & Housing Protections

Luftman, Heck & Associates.

There’s a lot of confusion around about whether or not you can be evicted for not paying rent during COVID-19. In Ohio, you must keep paying rent. If you fail to pay rent in April or May and are unable to catch up quickly, your landlord can still try to evict you. Ohio hasn’t formally stopped evictions and foreclosures during the COVID-19 pandemic, though your local jurisdiction might delay the Read More.

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Paying Bills Later: Considering Financial Consequences of Delayed Payments Due to COVID-19

Titan Consulting

Key Takeaways. Delayed payments are not forgiven payments. Pausing bills can lead to massive balances due when payments restart. Suspending rent payments die to COVID-19 may put you at risk for foreclosure if you can’t make up your deferred payments all at once. Accepting a forbearance on your mortgage may require a balloon payment of all deferred payments 3-5 months later, or a mortgage modification in order to add payments to the end of your mortgage.

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The importance of conducting tenant screening

Micro Bilt

A landlord or property manager has open space they wish to fill. Their property is safe, clean, and located within a well-manicured neighborhood, so they’ll want to contract with a tenant who is honest and will take care of the property.

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Connect, Care, Convert: Secrets to Establishing Trust with Niche Markets and Turning Them Into Clients

Speaker: Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, The Money Coach®

Niche markets represent a huge opportunity for the financial services industry in America. From college students and women to communities of color and low-to-moderate-income households, niche populations have specialized financial needs – but they often underutilize many valuable financial products and services. How can you better connect with these consumers?

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How to Get Debtors on the Phone Without Breaking the Law

Direct Recovery

There is nothing easy when it comes to debt collection, but one of the most difficult things for any collector to do is get debtors on the phone, especially if those collectors are following all of the rules and regulations that apply to collection calls. However, some of the best debt collectors in the country have found that there are some simple things that anyone can do in order to greatly increase the rates at which they are able to catch debtors over the phone, which almost always leads to

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How to Set Up Trading Terms and Conditions

JMA

One of the responsibilities of a business owner is to be able to make successful transactions with potential customers, but before closing the deal, it is important that you know how to set up trading terms and conditions. This is often one of the least talked about aspects of owning a business. Sometimes some tasks, Read more » The post How to Set Up Trading Terms and Conditions appeared first on JMA Credit Control.

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Keeping Collectors Connected & Engaged During COVID-19 | Arbeit

Arbeit Software

Greg Ruffino , Director of Training, shares how Williams and Fudge is responding to and keeping collectors connected & engaged throughout the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

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What Meeting Means Now: Video Conferencing Is An Essential Law Firm Technology

NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

As ‘social distancing’ has now become part of the American lexicon, it will never be ‘business as usual’ again for law firms. Everything you did in-perso n before, you now need to be able to do virtually, as well. Since law firms have thrived on traditional business models, built on handshakes and in-person meetings, that can be a difficult conversion; but, it’s not impossible.

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Successful Change Management with Enterprise Risk Management

Speaker: William Hord, Vice President of ERM Services

A well-defined change management process is critical to minimizing the impact that change has on your organization. Leveraging the data that your ERM program already contains is an effective way to help create and manage the overall change management process within your organization. Your ERM program generally assesses and maintains detailed information related to strategy, operations, and the remediation plans needed to mitigate the impact on the organization.

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Insurance and Job Losses: How to Stay Protected After a Layoff

Titan Consulting

Key Takeaways. Company-sponsored insurance policies typically end at the termination of employment. It is often possible to transfer group life insurance coverage to a personal plan. Regaining health insurance could mean extending the corporate plan, buying an individual policy, or relying on government insurance programs. In the last two weeks of March , 10 million people lost their jobs.

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Informing our future strategies – by Sue Chapple FCICM

CICM

17 April 2020. As we head into another week of lockdown there is at least some better news emerging from other parts of Europe. Some shops are beginning to open, albeit experimentally, and I believe that in one country at least, Austria, they are allowing golfers back on the course – a sure-fire sign that things must be improving! Whether there will ever be a ‘normal’ again in terms of working practices is a moot point, but businesses and organisations – including our own – will no doubt already

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Snowball Your Way Out of Debt: 6 Tips for Getting Started Today

Direct Recovery

Are you tired of feeling like you are constantly drowning in debt? Fed up with robbing from Peter to pay Paul while avoiding collection calls from all of those other creditors? Struggling with debt is a massive problem that consumers are dealing with across the country, but you don’t have to live like that anymore. You have the power to break the cycle.

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Is It Necessary To Pay Off an Old Debt?

JMA

It would be nice to be free of any kind of debt. For a lot of people, having debts can weigh heavily on their minds. When it comes to business transactions though, you should be aware of what kind of a position you’re in and whether or not you are obligated to pay up. Depending. Read more » The post Is It Necessary To Pay Off an Old Debt? appeared first on JMA Credit Control.

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How Preparation and Strategy Can Be Used to Fight and Defeat Any Ransomware Attack

Speaker: Karl Camilleri, Cloud Services Product Manager at phoenixNAP

Did you know that 2021 was a record-breaking year for ransomware? The days of a “once in a while” attack against businesses and organizations are over. Cyberthreats have become a serious issue. With 495.1 million attacks, the threat marked a 148% increase compared to 2020 and was the most expensive year on record! As a result, data protection needs to be a concern for most banks, businesses, and information technology specialists.