Some companies find that offering incentives to credit customers can help encourage early payments, increasing cash flow and reducing the risk of bad debt. A sales discount is one incentive that many ...

Notes receivable refers to legal instrument claims for which credit has been issued as evidence of debt, such as with a promissory note. Credit instruments usually require debtors to pay interest and ...

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 ...