What Is Recourse? A recourse is a legal agreement that gives the lender the right to pledged collateral if the borrower is unable to satisfy the debt obligation. Recourse refers to the lender's legal right to collect.
Recourse factoring is the most common and means that your company must buy back any invoices that the factoring company is unable to collect payment on. You are ultimately responsible for any non-payment. Non-recourse factoring means the factoring company assumes most of the risk of non-payment by your customers.
Submit Termination Notice & Confirm Buyout Eligibility Date If you plan on waiting to the end of the term, identify when and how to submit your official notice and confirm your eligibility date. Review your current factoring agreement to ensure you are submitting the termination notice correctly.
Recourse factoring is the most common and means that your company must buy back any invoices that the factoring company is unable to collect payment on. You are ultimately responsible for any non-payment. Non-recourse factoring means the factoring company assumes most of the risk of non-payment by your customers.
The agreement with non-recourse factoring is that, within certain conditions, if the payments are late or unpaid then the factor absorbs the costs, the company does not have to worry about debt created by unpaid invoices.
There are two types of debts: recourse and nonrecourse. A recourse debt holds the borrower personally liable. All other debt is considered nonrecourse. In general, recourse debt (loans) allows lenders to collect what is owed for the debt even after they've taken collateral (home, credit cards).
With recourse factoring, the business is responsible. But with non-recourse factoring, the factoring company is responsible, although there may be some stipulations based on the terms of the agreement. Higher advance rates (i.e. amount of funding you receive upfront). Lower advance rates.
With recourse factoring, the business is responsible. But with non-recourse factoring, the factoring company is responsible, although there may be some stipulations based on the terms of the agreement. Higher advance rates (i.e. amount of funding you receive upfront). Lower advance rates.
How to Record Invoice Factoring Transactions With Recourse Record a credit in accounts receivable for the sold invoice in the amount of $375,000. In the recourse liability column, record a credit after estimating the bad debts and any other possible losses ($750).