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Forfeiting
Forfaiting
Raiffeisenbank purchases domestic and foreign short-term and medium-term receivables before the due date arising from deliveries of goods and services, without a right to reassign them (recourse) to the client. The financing includes the administration and collection of purchased receivables.
Benefit
- Obtaining of funds before a receivable’s due date and transfer of care for administration and collection of receivables to Raiffeisenbank.
- Certainty of unconditional payment for purchased receivables by Raiffeisenbank.
- The option of further financing upon drawings on other credit lines.
- The transfer of political and commercial risks linked to a receivable to Raiffeisenbank.
The purchase of receivables without recourse (forfaiting) enables a significant reduction in the need for tying funds to cover significant receivables from customers.
Principles of forfaiting
- Whole amount of a receivable is purchased, including VAT on a receivable from a domestic debtor.
- Legal demonstrativeness of documentation linked to purchased receivable.
- The following can be purchased:
- Accounting receivables usually documented only by an invoice and a “debt recognition” from the debtor issued in favour of Raiffeisenbank or
- Receivables accompanied by abstract documents” (bills, documentary letters of credit with deferred payment, or a banker's guarantee). The abstractness of documents is a result of the debtor’s clear obligation to pay without making an objection.
- The price conditions are set by Raiffeisenbank individually in accordance with the type of transaction.
- All charges are billed at the moment a receivable is purchased.
- Raiffeisenbank finances receivables in the form of discounting with regard to the length of the period remaining until the due date.
Collateral for financing
In the event of a purchase of receivables accompanied by an abstract document, a receivable may be secured by a guarantee/aval from an institution acceptable to Raiffeisenbank.