{"id":151,"date":"2023-02-03T01:26:27","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T01:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iacfb.org\/SA-3\/?p=151"},"modified":"2023-02-03T01:26:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T01:26:27","slug":"understanding-factoring-vs-lending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iacfb.org\/SA-3\/understanding-factoring-vs-lending\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Factoring vs. Lending"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Often times, those seeking a new source of capital for their business will say to us that they need a \u201cfactoring loan\u201d to help them solve their cash flow problems or assist in generating the ready working capital necessary for payroll.\u00a0 For the most part, however, referring to factoring as any type of <strong>\u201cloan\u201d<\/strong> is simply incorrect.\u00a0 There is a clear and an important distinction and you should understand the obvious differences between <strong>factoring vs. lending<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9M6WV-1Y\">Factoring<\/a>\u00a0is easily distinguished from the more common methods of business finance provided by most banks in that true\u00a0<i>factoring\u00a0<\/i>is <strong>never<\/strong> a structured as a\u00a0<i>loan<\/i>, but rather factoring is structured as a <strong>purchase and sale <\/strong>transaction.\u00a0 Also, since factoring only relates to the financing invoiced sales, it is strictly a method of addressing business-to-business or <strong>B2B<\/strong> transactions.\u00a0 It is very important for business owners seeking capital to understand that factoring is not used to directly finance retail consumer transactions.\u00a0 Understandably, when immediate payment is received by cash or credit card at time of sale, there is no invoice or extension of payment terms and factoring would be, by definition, unnecessary and not applicable.<\/p>\n<h2>Factoring vs. Lending:\u00a0 Number of Parties Involved<\/h2>\n<p>Another way to compare factoring vs. lending is to look at the number of parties involved.\u00a0 Rather than just the two parties commonly involved in an normal business loan (the borrower and lender), there are always three parties involved in any commercial factoring transaction.\u00a0 These parties are the:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>client<\/b>\u2026the seller of the invoices<\/li>\n<li><b>factor<\/b>\u2026the buyer of the invoices<\/li>\n<li><b>account debtor<\/b>\u2026the client\u2019s customer obligated to make payment upon the invoices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Working capital generated by factoring business accounts receivable can be used for hundreds of purposes such as buying equipment, paying suppliers, purchasing inventory, etc.\u00a0 The factoring process itself however, is only utilized for one thing, and that is to provide replacing valuable working capital as a method of financing extended <i>terms of payment\u00a0<\/i>for customers.\u00a0 Financing sales made to customers on credit terms is an essential component of good cash flow management.\u00a0 Factoring is what provides that financing solution for small businesses worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>The use of the term \u201cfactoring\u201d has also grown over the years to include any financial transaction which involves\u00a0<i>discounting<\/i> such as those products addressed\u00a0 in the <strong>Cash Flow Industry.\u00a0<\/strong> For example, buyers of <i>structured settlements<\/i> are said to \u201cfactor\u201d the purchase of annuitized structured settlement payment streams when making lump sum cash outs.\u00a0 Credit card companies are said to be factors also due to the discount charged to the merchant for guarantying the payment made by a consumer.\u00a0 For your purposes seeking a method of sourcing growth and working capital, however, the discussion of factoring should simply reference the discounted purchase of business trade receivables by a finance company in a non-loan related <strong>purchase and sale transaction<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Want to 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