Accounts Receivable Financing - a.k.a. FACTORING
The process of transaction accounts receivable in the secondary market is called factoring.
Factoring is the purchase of accounts receivable from a business at a discount. Factoring allows businesses to collect the money they are owed immediately by accepting a discounted (reduced) amount of the invoice from a third party.
In a factoring transaction, a business sells one or more invoices to a factor. A factor is a funding source that specializes in funding accounts receivable.
When a business enters a factoring arrangement, the factor bases the purchase on the credit of the business's customers, not on the credit of the business itself.
Here's how it goes:
Factoring is the purchase of accounts receivable from a business at a discount. Factoring allows businesses to collect the money they are owed immediately by accepting a discounted (reduced) amount of the invoice from a third party.
In a factoring transaction, a business sells one or more invoices to a factor. A factor is a funding source that specializes in funding accounts receivable.
When a business enters a factoring arrangement, the factor bases the purchase on the credit of the business's customers, not on the credit of the business itself.
Here's how it goes:
- You contact me and we fill out a one-page "Client Profile" form to be sent to the factor.
- We talk with a factor regarding terms and fees.
- The factor sends out the contract Priority Mail.
- You sign the agreement and mail it back.
- Your account is open and the factor sends, or wire-transfers, an advance, to be determined at conference call.
- Once invoice is paid, you get the remainder minus a fee, also determined at conference call.
