Sale of a firm's accounts receivable to a financial institution known as a factor.

A specialized financial function whereby manufacturers, wholesalers, or retailers sell accounts receivable to financial institutions, including factors, banks, and sales finance companies, often on a nonrecourse basis.

To break a number into its factors.

See export factoring.

To break a number into its factors.

Definition The selling of a company's accounts receivable, at a discount, to a factor, who then assumes the credit risk of the account debtors and receives cash as the debtors settle their accoun [..]

has many applications to a wide range of real-life situations, for example, in factor analysis, factoring refers to the process of extracting factors for later use in factor analysis for example.

Sale of an accounts receivable balance to buyers (factors) that are willing and able to bear the costs and risks of credit and collections.

the purchasing of accounts receivable from a business by a factor who assumes the risk of loss in return for some agreed discount

The business practice of purchasing discounted debt from an organization, and making a profit by assuming the collection risk and collecting more from the debtors than the debt cost to purchase.

Selling a RECEIVABLE at a discounted value to a third party for cash.

The actions of a factor in the ordinary course of business.

Contracting out your sales ledger management and debt collection, usually in exchange for an advance payment. A means of raising working capital against trade debtors.

An arrangement for obtaining funds by selling receivables to a specialized financing agency (the factor), generally without recourse. When factoring is contemplated, a firm's sales to different c [..]

A company which is owed money by trade debtors faces the risk of slow payment or default on those.

The cash purchase of a company's accounts receivables (in the form of invoices) at a discount. The financier purchasing the receivables is called a factor, and is usually a specialised financial [..]

when a business owner sells accounts receivable at a discount to a third-party funding source to raise capital.

A type of Invoice Financing that involves selling a percentage of unpaid invoices to a third-party to receive the money owed early. The third-party will then collect the full amount from the customer and pay you the remaining percentage when full payment is received minus an administration charge.

Factoring is the process of selling your unpaid invoices for cash. A factoring company can advance you up to 90% of the value of your invoices, typically within 24 hours of them being issued. Learn more about Invoice Factoring.

Another name for an invoice factoring facility (see invoice factoring definition below)

Assignment of receivables usually disclosed to the debtors of the Assignee for the purpose of providing finance to the Assignee and assisting the Assignee with the administration of its sales ledger.

Ongoing purchase of short-term trade accounts receivable by a factoring company. Factoring is a form of financing, which allows companies to increase their liquidity. To do this, a company or customer signs over trade accounts receivable to the factoring company in exchange for an advance on the amount receivable.

The purchase from a company of some or all of its trade receivables with or without recourse to the company itself in the event that the receivables are unpaid. The service may also involve administra [..]

Factoring is a financial transaction in which a firm sells its accounts receivable invoices to a third party called a factoring firm at a discount, so that it receives immediate money to continue its [..]

Factoring is a financial transaction whereby an enterprise sells its debt-claims to a third party in order to obtain cash (although less than the full amount of the debt). The third party then assumes [..]

breaking a number into its prime factors e.g. 19480204 = 2 * 2 * 37 * 43 * 3061. If there is only one factor, you know the number is prime. Much of public/private key cryptography depends upon the dif [..]

A finance facility which uses the debtor book of a company as security to lend money against. It includes a full credit control and collections service from the funder.

(n) (mathematics) the resolution of an entity into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original entity

Factoring is the discounting of a foreign account receivable that does not involve a draft. The exporter transfers title to its foreign accounts receivable to a factoring house for cash at a discount [..]

A technique which allows businesses (including trading companies) to discount Accounts receivable or other assets to obtain cash. In factoring, the accounts receivable or other assets are sold at a di [..]

This is when a business sells its invoices to a specialist company or bank which chases payment and pays a percentage of the invoice back to the original business. The business can then continue with [..]

Factoring is a financial service by which a concern operating as a 'Factoring House' or 'Factoring Agency' will buy outright the debts of a client. The latter is then relieved of l [..]

A type of financial service thereby a corporation sells of transfers title of its accounts receivable to factoring company normally at a discount which then acts as the principal owner of the recallab [..]

Factoring is a financial service for the purpose of short-term sales financing. The factor buys the factoring customer‘s receivables due from its debtor and collects them directly from the debtor. In return for relinquishing the receivables, the factor immediately pays the factoring customer a sum based on the value of the receivable.

Sale of an accounts receivable balance to buyers (factors) that are willing and able to bear the costs and risks of credit and collections.

A form of business funding where a company finances their accounts receivable by selling their invoices to an intermediary called a factoring company.

the adjusting of matchpoint scores to take into account unequal conditions

Sale of receivables to a financial institution usually on a ' non recourse' basis.

Business of buying trade debts at a discount and making a profit when debt is realized and also taking over collection of trade debts at agreed prices.

Financial activity provided for in the General Act on Credit Organizations and Related Activities consisting of a credit contract to obtain immediate liquidity in the form of a single payment or a cre [..]

When a merchant processes sales through his or her merchant account on behalf of another merchant.

A form of invoice financing for the seller, where an invoice or a collection of invoices is sold to a factoring company.

When a legitimate merchant processes another merchant's transactions in return for payment. This practice is forbidden by the associations.

In the context of international trade, the financial service consisting of the granting of cash in advance against accounts receivable from foreign customers. More generally, a range of financing and risk management services offered by specialized companies, called factors, to exporters/sellers, particularly those who deal with a stream of low-valu [..]

Contract to transfer accounts receivable to banks or specialised companies either with recourse (with credit risk borne by the assignor) or without recourse (with credit risk borne by the assignee) fo [..]

Some financial institutions provide a factoring service. They pay companies for their unpaid sales invoices in advance of the company receiving payment and the factoring company then collects the debt [..]

Factoring is the sale of accounts receivable of a business. This term is used often in B2B.

Factoring is an agreement between a business (assignor) and a financial entity (factor) in which the assignor assigns/sells its receivables to the factor and the factor provides the assignor with a combination of one or more of the following services with regard to the receivables assigned: advance of a percentage of the amount of receivables assig [..]

a technique that distributes control and work in a top-down manner within a software architecture (used a part of structured analysis)

A financial transaction whereby a business sells its accounts receivable to a third party (called a factor) at a discount. (math) The process of factorization.

  The selling of receivables to a financial insti­tution, the factor, usually “without recourse.” [Chapter 11] Fair market value

Sale of a firm's accounts receivable to a financial institution known as a factor.

Factoring is a financial transaction and a type of debtor finance in which a business sells its accounts receivable (i.e., invoices) to a third party (called a factor) at a discount. A business will s [..]

Factoring can refer to the following: Factoring (finance), a form of commercial finance Factorization, a mathematical concept Decomposition (computer science)

Factoring can refer to the following: Factoring (finance), a form of commercial finance Factorization, a mathematical concept Decomposition (computer science)