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Factoring
Background
Traditionally, companies which needed to raise finance from their receivables sold them to either a bank or a third party in a process called Factoring. There are two now types of factoring - selling invoices to just one organisation and selling invoices to the market. Factoring - invoices sold to one… Read more about Factoring
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