- You deliver and invoice as usual. Your customer gets their normal payment terms.
- A factoring company advances most of the invoice value, often within a few business days once your account is set up.
- Your customer pays the invoice on its usual terms.
- You receive the remaining balance, less the factor’s discount.
Because approval focuses largely on the strength of your customers and their payment history, factoring is a practical option for growing businesses whose sales are outpacing their cash.
Recourse or non-recourse
With recourse factoring, you remain responsible if a customer doesn’t pay. With non-recourse factoring, the factor takes on some or all of that credit risk. Each structure has trade-offs, and we’ll explain them in plain language.
Will my customers know?
In many arrangements customers are notified to send payment to the factor. Some providers offer confidential arrangements where your customers keep paying you as usual. We’ll show you which options are available for your business.