Business Financing Alternatives For Troubled Companies

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The number of troubled businesses has increased dramatically as a result of the current economic environment. Usually, the problems start when clients start delaying payments. This has a negative impact on cash flow, and if your company does not have a working capital reserve, it can create major problems. The first reaction for most owners tends to be to delay vendor payments as well. That seldom works as a long term solution unfortunately. Before long, like falling dominoes, other payments start getting delay and the company gets into deeper trouble.

Most company owners look for business financing - hoping to implement a stop gap solution to the working capital problem. Unfortunately, getting a business loan is very hard for companies that are not in pristine financial condition. The catch 22 is that if the company where in pristine financial condition, it would probably not need a business loan. Most of time times, this situation can be fixed with the right financing. Otherwise, the company risks going out of business.

There is a solution that can help companies who face slow paying clients and who are not in the best financial shape. It solves this particular problem at its source - the slow client payments. The solution is called invoice factoring.

Factoring provides you with a funding advance for your slow paying invoices. It provides you the capital you need to pay suppliers, vendors and employees - on time. The fact is that while your clients are paying invoices more slowly, most of them are still good solid clients. Factoring companies can provide you an advance on your invoices because they consider them to be your best collateral - something most institutional lenders don't always do. Because of this, invoice factoring can be a good solution for a troubled company that still has a solid roster of clients.

Another advantage of factoring is that is a dynamic form of financing that grows with your business. Since financing is tied to your invoices, it can be used to grow your business and restore its financial health.

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