BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Invoice Discounting
- the selling of invoices at a discount for collection by the buyer
Additional Resources
- Financing a New Business
- Your new business may need financing to cover the cost of equipment and other expenses before sales generate enough cash to make the operation self-supporting. There are a number of ways to obtain financing, and your choice among them will depend on your situation.What You Need to KnowWhat are "angel...
- Articles 2007-03-27
- Factoring: An Effective Way to Downsize and Outsource in the '90s
- Factoring company offer's accounts receivable financing, invoice factoring, invoice discounting, working capital financing. The services that the factor performs for the client -credit approval, accounts receivable, bookkeeping, collection - are essential to the client's operation, but they are not the basic areas from which the client creates profit. Factoring provides...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- In Brief.(Brief Article)
- IFAs advised to spread their risks IFAs should learn to take their own advice and spread the risk of their finances. Leslie Bland, chief executive of Close Invoice Finance, the factoring and invoice discounting arm of Close Brothers merchant bank, warned that SMEs should...
- Research articles 2002-10-09
- Bendigo buys financing firm.(divestment of Oxford Funding)(Brief Article)
- Apr 27, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) Bendigo Bank has bought the debtor financing and invoice discounting company, Oxford Funding, for at least $A14.3 million. The Australian regional bank said Oxford plugged a hole in its offerings and should boost...
- Research articles 2005-04-27
- Late Payers Show No Shame
- BNET's Crash Course on getting customer's to pay up contains some invaluable advice -- and it's realistic to suggest that you hold off on litigation until all else fails. But what about the UK right to interest on late payment -- do businesses make use of it? ...
- Blog posts 2009-03-10
- News from the UK and Ireland
- Evidence of the economic slowdown is illustrated by members' figures. In the first six months of 1998, turnover grew by 14 percent to 26.7 billion compared with the same period of 1997. Domestic factoring grew by 9 percent, down from 14 percent in the same period last year. The growth...
- Research articles 1998-11-01
- The Best Time to Buy a Car Is ... Right Now
- The Big Three are finally starting to become more rational and efficient. That's good news for the economy and for U.S. taxpayers, but car buyers may not be so thrilled. Here are three things to keep in mind. ...
- Articles 2009-07-30
- The Benefits of Cash Flow and Working Capital Management
- Trade finance is an important part of the business. It offers various aspects of managing finances for the company. Trade finance helps to generate, manage and establish various finance practices like working capital, factoring solutions, banking solutions, loans, guarantees, discounting, etc. Various trade finance companies help to provide credit finance,...
- White papers
- Dave & Bubba's wine promo offers fun, sun and profits - Palm Harbor, FL restaurant
- PALM HARBOR, Fla. -- Dave & Bubba's here is reversing the jolt of competition and the slowdown of Florida's unpredictable summer season by discounting wines on a special menu at $1 a bottle over invoice.
- Research articles 1996-06-10
