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Factoring
Factoring
Raiffeisenbank purchases, finances and administers short-term receivables arising to clients based on deliveries of goods and services. Receivables from domestic and foreign customers are purchased.
Benefit
- A client’s receivables are paid sooner and care for administration and collection of the receivables is transferred to Raiffeisenbank.
- The option of provision of deferred payment – provision of supplier loans.
- The option of further financing upon drawings on other credit lines.
- Reductions in the volume of receivables on a balance sheet, improvements in liquidity and financial indicators.
- Electronic form of communication with Raiffeisenbank – assignment of receivables, reporting on balance of receivables.
- Reduced risk of losses due to movements in exchange rates for receivables denominated in a foreign currency.
Factoring is suitable for production and trading companies whose sales activities have fast turnover, require the provision of short-term supplier loans and place high demands on working capital.
Characteristics of purchased receivables
- Annual amount of receivables assigned (sold) to the bank: no less than CZK 30 million.
- Receivables due within more than 14 days.
- Receivables are purchased before due date.
- There is no prohibition on assigning receivables resulting from commercial contracts between the client and his customer.
Method of purchasing receivables
- Receivables are purchased through their assignment to the bank for consideration
- With recourse, i.e. if the customer does not pay by the end of the grace period (deadline after a receivable’s due date, usually 60 days), the receivable is assigned back to the client.
- Without recourse, i.e. the bank accepts the risk of the debtor’s inability or unwillingness to pay and insures the receivables with a credit insurance company.
- Raiffeisenbank purchases the receivables in the amount of 100% of the amount specified on the invoice including VAT. It provides clients with a contractual advance on the assigned receivables totalling 80% or 90% of their nominal value. The remaining balance of a receivable is paid by the bank into the client’s account promptly after payment is received from the debtor.