One of the most common enquiries we are receiving via the internet is from customers that are having difficulty with their particular factoring or invoice discounting company reducing credit limits against their customers.
The headline prepayments might be 80% of unpaid invoices however the actual amount being funded might be as low as 50%. In our opinion this is one of the biggest problems in the current economic crisis. Most funders will be in the same boat however it might be worth shopping around as funding limits might be being reduced for other reasons.
There are plenty of finance companies running out of cash at the moment, others have over exposed themselves to a certain sector or have lent too much on invoice discounting and are trying to balance their portfolio. The independent finance companies use external credit reference agencies to determine credit limits whereas the banks and high street lenders more often than not use their internal resources to determine credit limits.
Who will give the highest credit limits will depend on what experiences the finance companies and credit insurance companies have with particular sectors, existing customers and market information. Normally the independents provide the highest limits however it is not unknown for the banks to provide higher limits. When choosing a factoring or invoice discounting company this is one of the factors which must be taken into consideration.
Tags: Factoring, invoice discounting
