Receivables factoring
(or accounts receivables factoring) refers to the selling accounts
receivables or invoices to obtain cash or working capital very quickly
for your business.
Receivables factoring
is an extremely useful and easy way to turn unpaid invoices into cash,
so that effectively you may use the monies tied up in the invoices as
a source of funding before the customer has paid. The two main mechanisms
are factoring and invoice discounting. Both of these assume that invoices
will be converted into cash upon sale to a factoring company, which
will charge a small fee for this service.
Another advantage of receivables factoring is that the factor will
assume responsibility for collecting the payment as it becomes due,
so there is also an aspect of credit control here as well. Also, factoring
will not require you to put up another asset as collateral on the transaction,
unlike a loan.
Using receivables factoring in this way you will find it possible to
do things that it was not otherwise possible to do, because of the enhanced
cash flow position which it affords. It is an ideal way for a company
to grow bigger quite quickly without the usual constraints.