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.
FACTORING IN A CONTINUING AGREEMENT - It is an arrangement where a financing entity purchases all of the accounts receivable of a certain entity.
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.
Under this arrangement, the factoring company takes on the loss if a client's customer is insolvent and fails to make payments, releasing the client from debt.
Invoice Factoring without Recourse: Once the invoices are sold to the factoring company, the selling business no longer bears any responsibility for unpaid invoices. From an accounting perspective, the selling business can treat the transaction as a sale of receivables without any ongoing liabilities or obligations.
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.
Recourse may allow the lender to seize not only pledged collateral, but also deposit accounts, and sources of income. Conversely, "without recourse" financing means that the lender takes the risk of non-payment by the obligor.
Two Types of Factoring There are two main types of factoring - recourse and non-recourse. 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.
Factoring without recourse means that the risk of accounts receivable being uncollectible transfers from the buyer to the seller. Basically, if an accounts receivable cannot be collected, the seller does not have to reimburse the buyer like they would if the factoring was “with recourse”.