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Credit control

Less chasing. More control over what you're owed.

Chase overdue invoices with scheduled reminders or monthly customer statements, sent from your own mailbox.

Numra checks balances before sending, keeps track of replies and promises to pay, and helps your team manage disputes and credit holds.

How Numra handles credit control.

Chase by invoice or by customer statement.

Different customers need different approaches to credit control.

Numra lets you send reminders against individual invoices or run a monthly statement cycle with scheduled follow-ups.

Choose the approach for each customer or group, set your timings and use your own email templates.

Numra sends from your connected mailbox, so customers hear from your business rather than a separate collections service.

If several invoices need chasing on the same day, Numra brings them together in one email.

See what's going out before it goes.

Know exactly which customers Numra is due to contact and what they'll receive.

Preview upcoming statements, reminders and follow-ups, including the outstanding amounts and recipients.

Numra checks the latest accounting balance and customer activity before each send. If a customer has replied, paid or been paused, the reminder is held back.

Your team can see which messages were sent, which were stopped and why.

Know what customers have said, and what happens next.

When customers reply to a reminder, Numra identifies the response and labels it in your Gmail or Outlook inbox.

Promises to pay, disputes, payment confirmations and queries are brought into the customer's account.

Numra records promised payment dates, pauses chasing when a reply needs attention and prepares a response for your team to review and send.

If a promised payment doesn't arrive, the account comes back onto your team's task list.

Keep disputes and credit decisions under control.

Record disputed invoices, the reason for the dispute and when it was raised.

Numra keeps disputed amounts out of chasing while your team works through the issue.

When a credit is agreed, your team can prepare a credit note for review in the accounting system.

You can also put a customer on credit hold, record why and make that status visible to the people processing new orders.

Every decision stays in the customer history.

Know which accounts need your attention.

See overdue balances, ageing, open disputes, missed promises and outstanding tasks across your customers.

Numra brings the accounts that need a person into one shared task list, with the latest correspondence and account history available.

You can escalate overdue accounts internally and calculate late payment interest and compensation where applicable.

Your team decides whether to raise an interest charge, waive it or take another action.

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Stay on top of credit control from Claude or ChatGPT.

Connect Numra to Claude or ChatGPT through Numra MCP.

Ask which customers have the largest overdue balances, who has missed a promised payment or which accounts need a follow-up.

Numra can explain what's happened on an account, prepare a reminder and help your team take the next step.

Actions that affect customers or accounting records require confirmation and follow the same controls as the Numra platform.

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Works with your existing accounting system.

Numra connects to your accounting system to keep customer balances, invoices, credits and payments up to date.

We connect Numra to your accounting system for you as part of setup, whichever system you use.

It uses those records to decide which customers are due a reminder and to keep your team informed when balances change.

Credit control activity, customer replies and follow-up decisions are recorded in Numra alongside the accounting information.

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  • Xero
  • QuickBooks Online
  • Sage 200
  • Sage Intacct
  • NetSuite
  • Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
  • SAP Business One
  • Using something else?We'll connect it during setup.

Credit control that follows your rules.

Choose how each customer is chased, set reminder schedules and tailor the messages your customers receive.

Configure who receives statements, when an account should be escalated, and which customers or invoices should be paused.

Test your chasing setup before switching it on.

Credit Control works on its own or alongside Numra's Customer Onboarding, Sales Order Processing and Cash Allocation workflows.

Related:Order-to-CashCustomer OnboardingSales Order ProcessingCash Allocation

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Questions about Credit Control

What is credit control software?

Credit control software helps businesses manage overdue customer invoices, send payment reminders, track responses and follow up on outstanding balances. Numra also supports customer statements, promises to pay, disputes, credit holds and late payment interest.

Is credit control the same as debt collection?

No. Credit control is the ongoing process of managing customer balances and following up on overdue invoices. Debt collection can involve more formal recovery activity. Numra provides software for your finance team's credit control process, not an outsourced debt collection service.

Can Numra chase by customer statement instead of individual invoice?

Yes. You can send reminders for individual invoices or use a monthly customer statement cycle. The approach can be configured for different customers or groups.

Will Numra chase a customer who has already paid?

Numra checks the latest available accounting balance before sending a reminder. If a payment has been recorded and the invoice is no longer due, it won't chase that amount. If a payment hasn't yet been recorded, Numra may not know about it. Cash Allocation can provide additional visibility into payments awaiting allocation.

Can I see what reminders are going out?

Yes. Numra shows upcoming statements, reminders and follow-ups, including their recipients and amounts. It also shows which customers have been held back and why.

What happens when a customer replies?

Numra identifies replies to its chasing emails and labels them in your inbox. It pauses chasing for review, records relevant information such as promised payment dates and prepares a response for your team to review.

Does Numra reply to customers automatically?

No. Numra can prepare replies, but a person reviews and sends them.

Can Numra track promises to pay?

Yes. Numra records promised dates and amounts from customer replies or manual entries. It pauses chasing while the promise is active and creates a follow-up task if the payment is not recorded as promised.

What happens when a customer disputes an invoice?

Your team can record the dispute, including the reason, date and affected invoices. Numra pauses chasing on disputed amounts and keeps the history. If a credit is agreed, your team can prepare a credit note for approval in the accounting system.

Can Numra put customers on credit hold?

Yes. Your team can place a customer on hold in Numra and record the reason. Where supported by the connected accounting system, the hold can also be applied there. Numra keeps the hold visible to your team and related workflows.

Can Numra calculate late payment interest?

Yes. Numra can calculate statutory late payment interest and applicable fixed compensation for qualifying business invoices in the UK and Ireland. The feature is optional, and your team decides whether to raise a charge.

Does Numra take payments from customers?

No. Numra manages reminders, statements, account activity and credit control decisions. It does not collect or move customer funds.

Can I use Credit Control through Claude or ChatGPT?

Yes. Numra MCP lets authorised users review overdue accounts, inspect promises and disputes, and prepare follow-up actions through Claude or ChatGPT. Actions that affect customers or accounting records require confirmation.

Spend less time chasing overdue invoices.

See how Numra handles payment reminders, customer statements and replies, while keeping your team in control of the accounts that need attention.

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