7 ways to neutralize the crippling effects of late payments on your business Blog author (CD) / Monday, March 7, 2011 A key knock-on effect of the global financial crisis has been the trend towards late payment of invoices among firms of all sizes, in all countries. Late payment is at best irritating and at worst crippling, especially for smaller businesses. Occasionally accidental, sometimes unavoidable, yet all-too-often deliberate and planned, the effects ripple through every economy... Read more