Week 13-15 Flashcards
strategies, organization, and procedures for recovery of receivables
Collection Program
T or F: The company may choose between subcontracting or in-house collections, employing high-pressure or indirect tactics, using salesmen or a decentralized unit, and maintaining records, billing, follow-ups, and legal actions.
TRUE
Collection Program
strategies, organization, and procedures for recovery of receivables.
Collection Department
responsible for monitoring and following up on receivables
Responsible for monitoring and following up on receivables
Collection Department
Forces of Collection (5)
- Salesmen
- House Collectors
- Attorneys (Legal Counsel)
- Collection
- Agency Government
T or F: Use or threat of violence or other criminal means to harm the person physically, his/her reputation, or property.
TRUE
T or F: Disclosing the names of persons who refuse to pay for past due accounts
TRUE
T or F: Contacting the person during unreasonable hours (before 5am and after 10pm) except when the account is past due for more than 100 days.
FALSE; Contact the person during unreasonable hours (before 6am and after 10pm) EXCEPT when the account is past due for more than 60 days or you agreed to be contacted at any time.
Basic Collection Approaches (4)
- Education
- Persuasion
- Problem-Solving Assistance
- Coercion
Stages of Collection (4)
Preliminary stage
Reminder stage
Follow-up stage
Drastic stage
usually involves the sending of monthly statements
Preliminary stage
reminder is sent to the customer several days after the due date
Reminder stage
where successive action are undertaken at regularly spaced interval
Follow-up stage
this stage is only resorted to if the company is ready to lose the customer
Drastic stage
Tools and Aids in Collecting (6)
- Statement of Account
- Notice or Reminder
- Letters
- Third Party Letters
- Telephone
- SMS
General Types of Debtors (5)
- The Up-to-Date
- The Changed Circumstance
- The Occasional Delinquent
- The Habitual Delinquent
- The Premeditated Delinquent
T or F: Problem accounts and remedial account management is a major breakdown in the repayment agreement that has led to delayed collection, potential legal action, or potential loss.
FALSE; Problem accounts and remedial account management are lending problems that may be caused by lapses in loan packaging and/or customer and related factors.
Specific causes of Problem accounts and remedial account management (3)
- Loan Packaging
- Customer-Related Factors
- Related Factors
They should always take note of the symptoms of weakened accounts since their early recognition is critical to the formulation of appropriate courses of action.
Account Officers
Account Officers
They should always take note of the symptoms of weakened accounts.
The art of preventing the occurrence of, and bringing about prompt and satisfactory conclusions to problem account situations.
Remedial Account Management
Remedial Account Management
The art of preventing the occurrence of, and bringing about prompt and satisfactory conclusions to problem account situations.
A major breakdown in the repayment agreement has led to delayed collection, potential legal action, or potential loss.
Problem Account