4. WHY A FIRM USE FACTORING
Factoring is used by a firm when the available
Cash Balance held by the firm is insufficient to
meet current obligations and accommodate its
other cash needs, such as new orders or contracts.
6. SERVICES OFFERED BY A FACTOR
a) Follow-up and collection of Receivables from
Clients.
b) Purchase of Receivables with or without
recourse.
c) Help in getting information and credit line on
customers (credit protection)
d) Sorting out disputes , due to his relationship
with Buyer & Seller.
7. PROCESS INVOLVED IN FACTORING
a) Client concludes a credit sale with a customer.
b) Client sells the customer’s account to the Factor and
notifies the customer.
c) Factor makes part payment (advance) against account
purchased, after adjusting for commission and interest
on the advance.
d) Factor maintains the customer’s account and follows up
for payment.
e) Customer remits the amount due to the Factor.
f) Factor makes the final payment to the Client when the
account is collected or on the guaranteed payment date.
8. MECHANICS OF FACTORING
a) The Client (Seller) sells goods to the buyer and prepares
invoice with a notation that debt due on account of this
invoice is assigned to and must be paid to the Factor
(Financial Intermediary).
b) The Client (Seller) submits invoice copy only with
Delivery Challan showing receipt of goods by buyer, to
the Factor.
c) The Factor, after scrutiny of these papers, allows
payment (,usually up to 80% of invoice value). The
balance is retained as Retention Money (Margin
Money). This is also called Factor Reserve.
9. a) The drawing limit is adjusted on a continuous basis after
taking into account the collection of Factored Debts.
b) Once the invoice is honored by the buyer on due date,
the Retention Money credited to the Client’s Account.
c) Till the payment of bills, the Factor follows up the
payment and sends regular statements to the Client.
10. CHARGES FOR FACTORING SERVICES
a) Factor charges Commission (as a flat percentage of value
of Debts purchased) (0. 5 0% to 1. 5 0%)
b) Commission is collected up-front.
c) For making immediate part payment, interest charged.
Interest is higher than rate of interest charged on Working
Capital Finance by Banks.
d) If interest is charged up-front, it is called discount.
11. TYPES OF FACTORING
a) Recourse Factoring.
b) Non-recourse Factoring.
c) Maturity Factoring.
d) Cross-border Factoring.
12. RECOURSE FACTORING
a) Up to 75 % to 85 % of the Invoice Receivable is
factored.
b) Interest is charged from the date of advance to the
date of collection.
c) Factor purchases Receivables on the condition that
loss arising on account of non-recovery will be borne
by the Client.
d) Credit Risk is with the Client.
e) Factor does not participate in the credit sanction
process.
f) In India, factoring is done with recourse.
13. NON-RECOURSE FACTORING
a) Factor purchases Receivables on the condition that the Factor
has no recourse to the Client, if the debt turns out to be non-
recoverable.
b) Credit risk is with the Factor.
c) Higher commission is charged.
d) Factor participates in credit sanction process and approves
credit limit given by the Client to the Customer.
e) In USA/UK, factoring is commonly done without recourse.
14. MATURITY FACTORING
a) Factor does not make any advance payment to the
Client.
b) Pays on guaranteed payment date or on collection of
Receivables.
c) Guaranteed payment date is usually fixed taking into
account previous collection experience of the Client.
d) Nominal Commission is charged.
e) No risk to Factor.
15. CROSS - BORDER FACTORING
a) It is similar to domestic factoring except that there are
four parties, viz.,
b) a) Exporter,
c) b) Export Factor,
d) c) Import Factor, and
e) d) Importer.
f) It is also called two-factor system of factoring.
g) Exporter (Client) enters into factoring arrangement
with Export Factor in his country and assigns to him
export receivables.
16. export Factor enters into arrangement
with
Import Factor and has arrangement for credit
evaluation & collection of payment for an agreed fee.
Notation is made on the invoice that importer has to
make payment to the Import Factor.
Import Factor collects payment and remits to Export
Factor who passes on the proceeds to the Exporter after
adjusting his advance, if any.
Where foreign currency is involved, Factor covers
exchange risk also.
17. EMINENCES OF FACTORING
Factoring provides a large and quick boost to cash
flow.
Many factoring companies, so prices are usually
competitive.
Assists smoother cash flow and financial planning.
Protected from bad debts ( non-recourse factoring)
18. DETRIMENTS OF FACTORING
It may reduce the scope for other borrowing - book
debts will not be available as security.
Factors will restrict funding against poor quality
debtors or poor debtor spread, so you will need to
manage these funding fluctuations.
It may be difficult to end an arrangement with a
factor as you will have to pay off any money they
have advanced you on invoices if the customer has
not paid them yet.
19. contd…..
Some customers may prefer to deal directly with
you.
The cost will mean a reduction in your profit
margin on each order or service fulfillment.
How the factor deals with your customers will
affect what your customers think of you.
20. A buissene SUITABLE FOR
FACTORING
a) An annual turnover of at least $1 million , but some
factors can also consider start-ups and smaller
businesses.
b) The number of customers should be sufficient.
c) No single customer accounts for more than about a
third of turnover
d) Customers that accept the standard payment terms for
the industry
e) Customers that accept a reasonable period of credit
21. INDUSTRIES USE IT
a) Transportation
b) Medical
c) Janitorial(the maintenance or cleaning of a building)
d) Staffing
e) Construction
f) Manufacturing
g) Service
22. FACTORING IN INDIA
a) Kalyana Sundaram Committee recommended
introduction of factoring in 1989.
b) Banking Regulation Act, 1949, was amended in 1991
for Banks setting up factoring services.
c) SBI/ Canara Bank have set up their Factoring
Subsidiaries:-
d) SBI Factors Ltd., (April, 1991) ( an asset base of Rs
1908.00 corers as on March 31, 2008, highest in India)
e) Canara Bank Factors Ltd., (August, 1991).
f) RBI has permitted Banks to undertake factoring
services through subsidiaries.
23. REASONS FACTORING HAS NOT
BECOME POPULAR IN INDIA
a) Banks’ reluctance to provide factoring services
b) Bank’s resistance to issue Letter of Disclaimer (Letter
of Disclaimer is mandatory as per RBI Guidelines).
c) Problems in recovery.
d) Factoring requires assignment of debt which attracts
Stamp Duty.
e) Cost of transaction becomes high.
24. "Hongkong and Shanghai Banking
Corporation Limited“(HSBC)
HSBC provides finance solutions for all your sales and
purchase requirements on the domestic front, and various
export-factoring product services on the international level.
Its factoring services offer a comprehensive
receivables and payables management solution which
includes transaction financing, credit protection, sales
ledger administration and payment collection.
HSBC has dedicated Relationship Managers to provide
any assistance that may require with respect to business
and trade needs.
25. HSBC currently offers both domestic and
international factoring products.
Domestic Factoring
Through this product, HSBC intention is to be an active partner
in the management of company's supply/delivery chain.
Through domestic factoring, It could look at financing
company’s receivables from company’s buyers. Additionally
HSBC also undertake to finance company’s vendor/supplier
payments.
26. Contd…..
Receivables Finance can be structured with on a With
Recourse Basis (where HSBC would be setting up lines
on company) or on a Without Recourse Basis.
Payments of all company service and utility bills could
be done through HSBC’s Vendor Finance product.
These could include for example, courier payments,
electricity bills payments. Through this mechanism we
will pay out your service provider on the due date of the
invoice/bill and collect the money from you after a pre-
determined credit period.
27. INTERNATIONAL FACTORING
Step Guide to International Factoring:
The importer places the order for purchase of goods
with the exporter.
The exporter requests the Export Factor for limit
approval on the importer.
Export Factor in turn forwards this request to an Import
Factor in the Importer's country.
The Import Factor evaluates the Importer and conveys
its approval to the Export Factor who in turn conveys
Commencement of the Factoring arrangement to the
Exporter.
28. The exporter delivers the goods to the importer.
Exporter produces the documents to the Export Factor.
The Export Factor disburses funds to the Exporter up to the
prepayment amount decided and at the same time the
forwards the documents to the Import factor and the
Importer.
On the due date of the invoice, the Importer pays the Import
Factor, who in turn remits this payment to the Export
Factor.
The Export Factor applies the received funds to the
outstanding amount of the advance against the invoice. The
exporter receives the balance payment
29. PROFITS FOR HSBC
Increase in goodwill
Earns through factoring
Sharp rise in customers number
Becoming international brand
