Trade, procurement and inventory financing
At a glance: It’s a line of credit to purchase inventory, finance freight and duty charges to free up working capital for day-to-day operations. It is estimated that over 60 percent of clients have had products affected by tariff increases or unknowingly imported items without understanding costs. Affected clients often found that the average landed […]
Unless a company is “bankable”, it is challenging to find manufacturing or production financing to fund working capital during the pre-invoicing stage of production. What is WIP? Work in process (WIP) is the part of the inventory that is being “worked on” or has an aspect of “conversion” and is yet in the production process. […]
If you’re a factoring provider or BDM, you already know that competition can be fierce. Fighting and haggling for clients is one option, but, how about creating them from scratch without competition? Time and time again, factoring BDM’s turn away clients that are perfectly fundable by an investment-based lender. PO or production funders inject the […]
Startup capital can be hard to find, taking many forms, most resulting in giving up equity or borrowing from family members. If you’ve got the ability to secure strong sales orders from brand name corporates and can source product from reputable suppliers there’s a financing tool that’ll support your growth. Purchase order financing is a […]
An example of a relationship between Stak and our referral channels in the invoice factoring market would be a situation where an existing client has established a big new customer relationship. The client’s current sales are easily financed under a factoring arrangement; but, with the new relationship from a corporate retailer, they are going to need a […]
It’s not an easy task to find an appropriate Purchaser order financing provider if you are looking for it for the first time. It is due to the fact that very few institutions specialise in this service and advertise PO financing as one of their main services. While some banks and non-banks lenders may offer […]
Before you commit valuable resources and capital to export your goods to foreign soil, it’s crucial to understand the pitfalls you could be up against when entering new markets. It’s common to stumble upon the opportunity to export when a foreign company placed an order. Or it’s an ambitious plan to expand internationally and now […]
Negotiating supplier payments can become your biggest hurdle when sourcing goods from foreign suppliers. Suppliers need the confidence that you’ll make payment or have the financial backing to complete. You want guarantees to ensure that your supplier performs before releasing funds. Dealing with new suppliers can become your largest risk impacting your operation right when […]
Structured trade finance is used primarily in the commodity and inventory sector by traders, producers, and processors. Structured trade products are mainly warehouse financing, working capital financing, and pre-export/import financing. Some lenders extend lending and finance for the conversion of raw materials into products in addition to payment guarantees to suppliers. Historically, $8 trillion worth […]
What’s the coolest piece of equipment you’ve ever financed? Unique, luxury or vanilla imported items in our industry often come with a flair of difficulty. Securing equipment finance once the goods have landed in Australia is most often never the issue. How do you fund supplier payment to get the goods shipped in? A typical […]
