Sunday, October 11, 2009

How Accounts Receivable Factoring Helps Small Business

Hello I am Phyllis Rector and I would like to tell you a story regarding a business owner that we have assisted. So, the Interface Financial Group, we pride ourselves on how quickly we can get people funded. Here in Arizona, I am doing business with a staffing organization. He actually provides electricians to electrical contractors. So, he is in the construction area although he does not work under a sub-contract agreement.

So, this guy who had been doing 8 million dollars last year, in 2008, his business fell went downhill just like the rest of the construction industry and he was, you know, kind of limping along. I'd talked to him. He liked our service. He is especially happy about the use-it-as-you-need-it element of our product. No minimums, no maximums, no commitments regarding time.

But, he didn't want to tell his customer that they need to sign on our notification of sale and that his customer need to pay us directly. He thought that it demonstrated that you know, he was telling his customers he was in trouble.

Well, you know the fact is, accounts receivable factoring has been around for 4000 long years. Okay. It's not a new type of financing and in fact the larger your customer is, the more familiar he is likely to be with factoring. Boeing - the airplane manufacturer - for example, had their suppliers factor their invoices; I know this because one of their suppliers approached us for a spot factoring for a really big order.

This guy called me on a Wednesday afternoon, because he does weekly payroll on Fridays. So on Thursday morning, we met up and had the paperwork done. I got his notification signed and I was able to wire him money by 1pm of Friday so that he could make his payroll and since we wire money, it's good as the same day and he was very pleased. Waited about 45 days, got paid, rebated him back the difference between the discount and our fee. So, I do want to remind you that we do have a few minimum requirements.

We have no minimums as far as the size of the invoice that you sell us but we do have minimums on the size of the companies that we will finance. You need to be at a $20,000 a month run rate in revenues. Okay. You need to have at least 2 customers and so if you started growing out of this recession and you're starting to see your business pick up, give me a call .....

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