The maximum debt period normally permitted under factoring is 150 days inclusive of a maximum grace period of 60 days.
Broadly, debt factoring is a finance arrangement whereby a business sells its accounts receivable to a third party (factor) at a discount to obtain working capital. The factor then collects the receivables from the business's customers.
A factoring relationship involves three parties: (i) a buyer, who is a person or a commercial enterprise to whom the services are supplied on credit, (ii) a seller, who is a commercial enterprise which supplies the services on credit and avails the factoring arrangements, and (iii) a factor, which is a financial ...
The factoring agreement will also include representations that each factored account is bona fide and represents indebtedness incurred by the customer for goods actually sold and delivered to the customer; that there are no setoffs, offsets, or counterclaims against the account; that the account does not represent a ...
Invoice factoring is an agreement to assign your accounts receivable (A/R) to a factoring company. So the letter communicates that a third party (factoring company) is managing and collecting your A/R.