What is supply chain finance?
Supply chains can grow across the globe. UK-based buyers, for example, can gain stock from numerous different suppliers based in countries around the world. In such circumstances, businesses are faced with serious pressure to keep up their working capital, with invoices trapped in these supply chains. Supply Chain Finance, also known as reverse factoring, is […]
What is reverse factoring?
Reverse factoring, more commonly known as Supply Chain Finance, takes place when a large company with multiple product lines introduces one or more of its smaller suppliers to a specialist provider of Invoice Finance facilities. The Invoice Finance organisation will then provide the smaller supplier with funding secured against invoices to the larger buyer. The funder is often […]
What is receivables finance?
Receivables Finance provides a business with access to capital by using their outstanding sales invoices as collateral. Factoring and Invoice Discounting are the most commonly used products in this type of finance. They allow a business to unlock the money they are owed by debtors and improve their cash flow position by converting their accounts receivable into […]
What is purchase order finance?
Purchase Order Finance is funding advanced to a supplier secured against a confirmed Purchase Order. To qualify for this type of funding the Purchase Order will need to have come from a relatively well established and financially secure customer as the finance company will want to make sure that the buyer is in a position […]
What Is Peer-To-Peer Lending?
Peer-to-peer lending, often referred to as P2P lending, is a form of lending in which individuals or businesses borrow money from a group of investors instead of a traditional financial institution. This is done through an online platform, which connects borrowers and lenders directly, bypassing the need for a bank or other intermediary. P2P lending […]
