Tag Archives: invoice discounting

Factoring Special Offers

Factoring Special Offers are now included on the home page of Smart Factoring Quotes. If you are a lender with a special offer please let us know. If you are a business looking for the best invoice finance facility for your … Continue reading

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Why use a factoring broker?

Invoice finance facilities can be fairly complex when you look at how they calculate the cash generated and also the costs involved. In short the headline rates do not give the full picture. Invoice finance can be costly and typically … Continue reading

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We have reduced a clients service fee by over 50%

We have been working with a print company who were using their own bank to provide invoice finance facilities. They enquired via our website about reviewing their facility. We discovered that their bank had essentially been overcharging them for the … Continue reading

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Perception of Factoring

When dealing with clients we are often told that the facility “must be confidential” because they fear their customers response to them factoring. I can accept that historically factoring was the finance of last resort but this is no longer … Continue reading

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Spot Invoice Discounting…..

Spot Invoice Discounting is promoted by Smart Factoring Quotes and so is Spot Factoring. What is the difference? In fairness there is no difference. The Spot Invoice Discounting is a disclosed facility and the debtor is required to pay the … Continue reading

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Spot factoring and invoice discounting

Perry Burns of Working Capital Partners talk us through the market for spot factoring A typical factoring or ID facility will be assessed on the creditworthiness of the supplier who will be expected to offer most, if not all, of … Continue reading

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Why do lenders have a minimum contract period?

Well to be honest not all lenders do. The standard however does seem to be a 12 month contract with either a 3 or 6 month notice period. However, some lenders offer a 28 rolling contract and I have seen … Continue reading

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Supermarket Payment Terms

Whenever I see a client who is supplying supermarkets I always whince at the time it takes them to get paid and also the terms and conditions suppliers have to agree to. In April 2008 the competitions board confirmed that … Continue reading

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BofE base rate kept at 0.5% – are you benefiting?

The Bank of England base rate will remain at 0.5%. It is publicised that this is good news for borrowers but bad news for savers. If you are an invoice finance client there is a good chance you are operating … Continue reading

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All the best for the festive season

The Smart factoring Quotes team would like to wish everyone all the best for the festive season. It has been a challenging year for many businesses that we have spoken with. Hopefully 2012 will bring easier times. Preis Leistungsverhältnis stimmt, … Continue reading

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