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In 2004 I founded 7 PARK AVENUE FINANCIAL. At that time I had spent all my working life, at that time - Over 30 years in Commercial credit and lending and Canadian business financing. I believe the commercial lending landscape has drastically changed in Canada. I believe a void exists for business owners and finance managers for companies, large and small who want service, creativity, and alternatives.

Every day we strive to consistently deliver business financing that you feel meets the needs of your business. If you believe as we do that financing solutions and alternatives exist for your firm we want to talk to you. Our purpose is simple: we want to deliver the best business finance solutions for your company.



Showing posts with label factoring finance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label factoring finance. Show all posts

Thursday, July 11, 2019

Excuse Us For Pumping Up Types Of Accounts Receivable Funding In Canada !












Intrigued By Factoring Finance In Canada?

Receivable Financing Lessons That Will Pay Off




Are some types of accounts receivable funding and factoring financing better than others? We're often accused of ' pumping’, aka ' promoting' this type of Canadian business financing for firms of all types in Canada. Why is that?

Is receivable financing, on its own or blended in with another financing a ' holy grail ' of business finance? Not really, of course, but it’s an effective solution that's often very misunderstood when it comes to the mechanics of it and the cost. Let's explain.

When times get tough or challenging for small and medium sized firms in Canada business owners and their financial managers can be forgiven for doing everything up to an including panicking .

A variety of situations can exist, sales slow down, or the opposite... major opportunities arise that cannot be taken advantage of. The recession that we supposedly are out of now certainly leveled the playing firm for a lot of firms, who saw their competitors in some cases even, disappear. Inventory and accounts receivable financing solutions are highly sought after.


So, when you consider accounts receivable funding and financing as one of your alternatives what are in fact some of the considerations? In the case of A/R finance it’s a simple one, freeing up assets for working capital and cash flow.

It actually is very possible also for you to consider acquiring a competitor or synergistic opportunity via factoring, as the target firms receivables, and yours could in fact finance the acquisition. Naturally other assets and factors come into play, but it’s certainly possible.

Accounts receivable funding should be viewed as a source of funding that you have already been approved for - especially if you're having some of those challenges we have talked about.

Again, at the risk of ' pumping ‘ / promoting invoice factoring as a business line of credit we maintain its one of the most flexible around . First of all, once your facility is set up you don't have to use it all the time, it’s up to you as to when you draw down and pay for those funds. Think of it as using it like a business credit card, using it when you need funds. You're simply making a borrowing decision that minimizes finance expense.


The amount of funding available is directly related to your sales and receivables. Those amounts of course change everyday as you sell and collect receivables.

As we said, your A/R finance option can be stand alone, or you can combine it with inventory and equipment assets that are all combined into one borrowing facility.

Our recommended solution is a confidential invoice finance solution, one that allows you to go against the grain of other offerings, putting you in a position to bill and collect your own A/R with notice to any clients, suppliers, etc. It's a solid solution when you don't have access to more traditional financing.

When it comes to costs many business owners will find that when they understand the true cost, i.e. the cost of carrying a/r already, as well as opportunity cost... well it simply might make tremendous sense to consider this unrestrictive financing when compared to other... or no.. Solutions.

Speak to a trusted, credible and experienced Canadian business financing advisor for solid advice on this Canadian finance solution.







7 Park Avenue Financial :

South Sheridan Executive Centre
2910 South Sheridan Way
Suite 301
Oakville, Ontario
L6J 7J8

Direct Line = 416 319 5769


Email = sprokop@7parkavenuefinancial.com

http://www.7parkavenuefinancial.com


Business financing for Canadian Firms , specializing in working capital, cash flow, asset based financing , Equipment Leasing , franchise finance and Cdn. Tax Credit Finance . Founded 2004 - Completed in excess of 100 Million $ of financing for Canadian corporations .


' Canadian Business Financing With The Intelligent Use Of Experience '


ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Stan has had a successful career with some of the world’s largest and most successful corporations.
Prior to founding 7 Park Avenue Financial in 2004 his employers over the last 25 years were, ASHLAND OIL, ( 1977-1980) DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION, ( 1980-1990) ) CABLE & WIRELESS PLC,( 1991 -1993) ) AND HEWLETT PACKARD ( 1994-2004 ) He is an expert in Canadian Business Financing.

Stan has over 40 years of business and finance executive experience. He has been recognized as a credit/financial executive for three of the largest technology companies in the world; Hewlett-Packard, Digital Equipment and Cable & Wireless. Stan has had in depth, hands on experience in assessing and evaluating thousands of companies that are seeking financing and expansion. He has been instrumental in helping many companies progress through every phase of financing, mergers & acquisitions, sales and marketing and human resources. Stan has worked with startups and public corporations and has many times established the financial wherewithal of organizations before approving millions of dollars of financing facilities and instruments on behalf of his employers.





Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Receivable Financing Is The Equivalent In Going From Poor To Rich In Business Cash Flow










Information on the Best Type of Receivable Financing In Canada


Can working capital factoring solutions be our business version of ' poor ' to ' rich '? It's an interesting analogy if only for the fact that the receivable factor firm solution, properly done creates capital you never had. Let's try and 'connect the dots' in those solutions so the business owner / financial manager sees a clear path to business cash flow freedom. Let's dig in.

There are of course options in working capital finance - they include taking on debt under a working capital term loan or mezzanine unsecured cash flow loan; or the traditional route of Canadian chartered bank financing - theoretically available to all but unfortunately not always to those that need it most.

So why does financing your sales via A/R factor financing a logical step to business capital freedom? For a starter that low cost bank line of credit may not be available to your firm for many different reasons. If for any number of reasons your firm does not qualify for bank credit you're back to square one... our version of business homeless!

Many firms have the most incredible problem imaginable - they are too successful and growing too quickly. That ' rush ' from getting a large new contract or purchase order or seeing sudden surges in sales brings working capital nightmares, as more and more funds are tied up in materials, inventory, and finally accounts receivable

In certain situations your working capital is required for expansion needed for lease/loan payments on new assets, or marketing and headcount growth. Many clients we meet do great business only at certain times of the year - that seasonality causes cash flow needs to rise and fall dramatically at certain times, sometimes unexpected.

One final situation is the whole issue of payment terms and collections. Even large corporations are often typically the ones that pay the slowest, and then there’s... the government!

While certain situations immediately disqualify you for bank financing (negative net worth, fluctuating profits and cash flows, huge jumps in sales revenues) it’s these exact situations which make your firm a solid choice to be financed by a receivable factor.

By the way, in many cases a working capital factoring solution can be a component of a ' total ' asset based lending deal, whereby your A/R, inventory and un-liened equipment are combined into on solid business line of credit. It's typically called an ' ABL ' line by the pros.

Is there one type of receivable factor solution that works best? In our opinion it's non -notification CONFIDENTIAL RECEIVABLE FINANCING , allowing you to bill and collect your own receivables, draw cash against sales when you need it, and only pay for what you are using .

If you want some help in connecting the dots in A/R financing solutions seek out and speak to a trusted, credible and experienced Canadian business financing advisor who can assist you with in that ' homeless' to ' rich' transition in business capital!






7 Park Avenue Financial :

South Sheridan Executive Centre
2910 South Sheridan Way
Suite 301
Oakville, Ontario
L6J 7J8

Direct Line = 416 319 5769


Email = sprokop@7parkavenuefinancial.com

http://www.7parkavenuefinancial.com


Business financing for Canadian Firms , specializing in working capital, cash flow, asset based financing , Equipment Leasing , franchise finance and Cdn. Tax Credit Finance . Founded 2004 - Completed in excess of 100 Million $ of financing for Canadian corporations .


' Canadian Business Financing With The Intelligent Use Of Experience '


ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Stan has had a successful career with some of the world’s largest and most successful corporations.
Prior to founding 7 Park Avenue Financial in 2004 his employers over the last 25 years were, ASHLAND OIL, ( 1977-1980) DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION, ( 1980-1990) ) CABLE & WIRELESS PLC,( 1991 -1993) ) AND HEWLETT PACKARD ( 1994-2004 ) He is an expert in Canadian Business Financing.

Stan has over 40 years of business and finance executive experience. He has been recognized as a credit/financial executive for three of the largest technology companies in the world; Hewlett-Packard, Digital Equipment and Cable & Wireless. Stan has had in depth, hands on experience in assessing and evaluating thousands of companies that are seeking financing and expansion. He has been instrumental in helping many companies progress through every phase of financing, mergers & acquisitions, sales and marketing and human resources. Stan has worked with startups and public corporations and has many times established the financial wherewithal of organizations before approving millions of dollars of financing facilities and instruments on behalf of his employers.



Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Accounts Receivable Factoring Finance in Canada













Why Factoring Accounts Receivable Is Your Cash Flow Machine



Information on accounts receivable factoring finance solutions in Canada. This type of Canadian business financing solves the cash flow challenge businesses in the small to medium enterprise sector face everyday








Guess what? Whether you are a start up, an established business, growing like crazy, or just trying to survive and stay competitive - you need business working capital financing. That is why one solution might be accounts receivable factoring in Canada.

We hasten to point out that while receivable factoring , factoring accounts due to your firm is often used by firms that are unable to get traditional financing that some of Canada largest corporations utilize this method of working capital financing to grow . Larger more sophisticated firms might call it securitization, or make it a component of an asset based lending facility, but, bottom lines it is still called factoring.

Canadian firms gravitate to the benefits of factoring as they are significant relative to financial resources they might be otherwise unable to obtain. At the core of the factoring accounts solution is simply the ability of your firm to get a predictable cash flow in place that is, in essence, unlimited. Why is that? Well it is because as your sales grow you create receivables and if you cant financing those receivables with traditional bank lines or working capital term loans you have the option, using receivable financing, of turning those receivables into cash flow at your discretion. So you can factor one receivable, all your receivables, or some of your receivables – you make the call!

Another way you can view this type of business financing is simply that it’s a mechanism to link your sales to your cash flow immediately. Although some view the cost of this type of financing as a deterrent we can say , after discussions with many clients, that most business owners and financial managers don’t understand the true costs of factoring, or , an even better way to put it that they don’t understand the costs of not being able to discount their receivables .

One other critical aspect of factoring is simply that it’s not debt – you are not adding debt to your balance sheet – you are simply monetizing one of your largest and most liquid assets, your receivables. In some cases if we term this type of facility a ‘working capital ‘or ‘asset based lending’ facility an inventory component can also be considered for financing, thereby even further increasing your overall liquidity.

As we said before the true beauty of this type of cash flow financing lies in the fact that it is applicable for companies of all size and type of business. As a result if your business is experience challenges, has tax or lien problems, etc you can still be a solid candidate for this financing.

Understand the basics. That’s what we tell clients when they ask us how factoring work, what are the different types, and how does a business assess the costs. Let’s recap some of those basics. If you have a bank line of credit your receivables are owned by your firm, but they are assigned to the bank, which finances them. In factoring accounts receivable are sold, giving you immediate cash , almost same day, in fact usually the same day . You are then in a position to grow sales and extend credit to customers.

Costs and they way factoring works on a day to day basis should be understood also. Invoices are typically funded in the 90% range, meaning you get 90% of funds for the invoice immediately, the rest is held back. Factoring fees in Canada vary from less then 1% per month to 2-3% per month. Factor firms in Canada don’t view this as an interest rate; they call it a discount fee. We point out to customers that they have potentially the ability to recoup a huge part, if not all of that fee by using funds to take supplier discounts and negotiate better pricing. The biggest bottom line is the elimination of your working capital worries.

In Canada things get confusing because there are many factor firms, some are foreign based, some are Canadian, some are large, some very small and unable to services your needs from a viewpoint of capital you require . In many instances the factor firm will bill and collect your receivables, we are not in favor of that method and strongly suggest you maintain account and customer control by negotiating a facility that allows you to bill and collect.

You have now seen many of the advantages of receivable factoring, and should understand now the basic of ‘how it works’. Speak to a trusted, credible an experienced business advisor in this area to determine how you can be in control of your working capital and cash flow needs.



7 Park Avenue Financial :
South Sheridan Executive Centre
2910 South Sheridan Way
Suite 301
Oakville, Ontario
L6J 7J8


Direct Line = 416 319 5769

Office = 905 829 2653


Email = sprokop@7parkavenuefinancial.com


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Business financing for Canadian Firms , specializing in working capital, cash flow, asset based financing , Equipment Leasing , franchise finance and Cdn. Tax Credit Finance . Founded 2004 - Completed in excess of 100 Million $ of financing for Canadian corporations .



' Canadian Business Financing With The Intelligent Use Of Experience '

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Stan has had a successful career with some of the world’s largest and most successful corporations.
Prior to founding 7 Park Avenue Financial in 2004 his employers over the last 25 years were, ASHLAND OIL, ( 1977-1980) DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION, ( 1980-1990) ) CABLE & WIRELESS PLC,( 1991 -1993) ) AND HEWLETT PACKARD ( 1994-2004 ) He is an expert in Canadian Business Financing.

Stan has over 40 years of business and finance executive experience. He has been recognized as a credit/financial executive for three of the largest technology companies in the world; Hewlett-Packard, Digital Equipment and Cable & Wireless. Stan has had in depth, hands on experience in assessing and evaluating thousands of companies that are seeking financing and expansion. He has been instrumental in helping many companies progress through every phase of financing, mergers & acquisitions, sales and marketing and human resources. Stan has worked with startups and public corporations and has many times established the financial wherewithal of organizations before approving millions of dollars of financing facilities and instruments on behalf of his employers.