Any time your business has a claim against a debtor for a short-term extension of credit, you will use an accounts receivable entry in your financial records and send an invoice to request payment ...

In contrast to cash basis accounting, accrual basis accounting permits businesses to record sales made on credit as revenue as long as they meet certain conditions. First, the transaction that ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Most businesses offer their customers the option to pay on credit — often called “trade credit” — to provide added flexibility and convenience. When a customer purchases a product or service on credit ...

Cloud-based accounts receivable software developer TermSync has released TermSync Scorecard, an interactive dashboard designed to allow financial executives to take a deeper look into the accounts ...

Generally available from today, the Apron Get Paid [1] feature allows users to generate a unique link where customers can pay outstanding invoices ...

Peter Gratton, Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, risk management, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex (Reuters) ...