Primary risks in invoice factoring include potential client defaults, impacting the factor's recovery; high costs due to fees and interest rates; customer relationships strain from third-party involvement; and hidden fees or contractual obligations.
There are four main types of factoring - maturity factoring, finance factoring, discount factoring, and undisclosed factoring.
Export factoring is the process where a lender or a factor buys a company's receivables at a discount. It includes services like keeping track of accounts receivable from other countries, collecting and financing export working capital, and providing credit insurance.
The maximum debt period normally permitted under factoring is 150 days inclusive of a maximum grace period of 60 days.
Factor expressions, also known as factoring, mean rewriting the expression as the product of factors. For example, 3x + 12y can be factored into a simple expression of 3 (x + 4y). In this way, the calculations become easier. The terms 3 and (x + 4y) are known as factors.
Typically, the factoring rates range from 1% to 5% of the invoice value, but they can be higher or lower depending on the specific circumstances.