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A finance company is a third party billing option allowing you to transfer payment responsibility to an actual finance company or some other third party entity such as an employer providing matching funds.
ADVANCE SETUP
To Create a Finance Company
Go to Maintenance: Definitions: Lists: Finance Companies (see Finance Company Detail)
To Create a Finance Company Tender Definition
Go to Maintenance: Definitions: Tender
Make sure there is a Finance Company entry. Create one if needed.
INVOICING
To Invoice To a Finance Company
(see Choose Finance Company)
Create an invoice for a customer by name.
On the Tender Screen choose Finance Company
Select the appropriate company
Print the invoice.
AR STATEMENTS
To Bill A Finance Company
(see AR Statements)
Create An AR Statement for the finance company and mail it out. On the Finance Company record, one could choose to "Print Invoices With Statements" so that the finance company as full documentation of the charges.
To Accept Payment From A Finance Company
(see AR Payments)
Highlight the Finance Company in the Customer Center. Choose Take AR Payment and select the Finance Company. Follow the process.
Special Handling of Unpaid Charges
Some finance companies may never pay the charges in full. For example, the finance company may withhold a fee for their services or in the case of insurance companies will only pay a percentage of the full amount.
Once the finance company has paid as much as it will pay, there could still be charges still on the books of POSitive. You may have another solution, but we suggest that you create a credit card tender type which can be used to payoff those outstanding balances. The advantage is that you can run a report of how often that tender type has been used. (Report Center: Management Reports: Tender History Summary)