Billing and Collecting Basics

Why Customer’s Payments Are Returned?

Why Payments are Returned

  • Expired Debit or Credit Cards
  • Lost or Stolen Cards
  • Stopped Payments
  • Insufficient Funds
  • Closed Accounts
  • Invalid Account Numbers

What It Means To You:

  • Every time a payment is returned there is a cost associated with the processing of a return regardless of the reason for the return.
  • The faster you learn what caused the return, the lower you collections cost will be.
  • Repeated insufficient funds are usually an indication that your customer is having economic difficulties.
  • Finding out that a customer’s account is closed through the return process usually means a customer has a dispute with the amount charged or the service provided.
  • An invalid account number usually means lack of attention to detail during the enrollment process.