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| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Directs and coordinates activities of workers engaged in conducting credit investigations and collecting delinquent accounts of customers: Assigns workers, directly or through subordinate supervisors, responsibility for investigating and verifying financial status and reputation of prospective customers applying for credit, preparing documents to substantiate findings, and recommending rejection or approval of applications. Establishes credit limitations on customer account. Assigns responsibility for investigation of fraud cases and possible legal action and collection for worthless checks and delinquent bills. Reviews collection reports to ascertain status of collections-and-balances outstanding and to evaluate effectiveness of current collection policies and procedures. Audits delinquent accounts considered to be uncollectible to ensure maximum efforts have been taken before assigning bad-debt status to account. Coordinates with others, including personnel in company branches and credit card companies, to exchange information and update controls. May submit delinquent accounts to attorney or outside agency for collection. May compile and analyze statistical data on fraudulent use of credit cards to develop procedures designed to deter or prevent use of cards. May specialize in credit and collection activities for credit cards and be designated Manager, Credit Card Operations (any industry). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 41 4E 41 47 45 52 2C      43 52 45 44 49 54      41 4E 44      43 4F 4C 4C 45 43 54 49 4F 4E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01000001 01001110 01000001 01000111 01000101 01010010 00101100 00100000 01000011 01010010 01000101 01000100 01001001 01010100 00100000 01000001 01001110 01000100 00100000 01000011 01001111 01001100 01001100 01000101 01000011 01010100 01001001 01001111 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M A N A G E R ,   C R E D I T   A N D   C O L L E C T I O N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0041 004E 0041 0047 0045 0052 002C      0043 0052 0045 0044 0049 0054      0041 004E 0044      0043 004F 004C 004C 0045 0043 0054 0049 004F 004E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)473548354139521423752393843542354838237494646393754434948 |
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