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Sources of Short-Term Financing

Businesses often seek short-term financing to manage their cash flow needs and maintain operations. Trade credit, a common source, involves the relationship between accounts payable and receivable, with sellers offering cash discounts to incentivize early payments.

Sources of Short-Term Financing

Sources of Short-Term Financing

Hedging

Engage in a transaction that reduces a prior risk exposure

Nature of Lender Control

Warehousing
Goods are stored by an independent warehousing company
Trust Receipts
Acknowledges that the borrower holds the inventory and proceeds from sales in trust for the lender

Accounts Receivable Financing

Asset-Backed Public Offerings
Public offerings backed by receivables as collateral
Factoring Receivables
Selling accounts receivable to a finance company or a bank
Pledging Accounts Receivable
Using accounts receivable as collateral for a loan

Bank Credit

The Credit Crunch Phenomenon
Investment capital becomes hard to obtain, when there is a lack of funds
Anual Percentage Rate
A measure of the effective rate we have presented
Rate on Installments Loans
Calls for a series of equal payments over the life of the loan.
Interest Cost with Compensating Balances
Interest/(1-c)
Cost of Commercial Bank Financing
The effective interest rate on a loan is based on the

Method of repayment

Length of the loan

Dollar interest paid

Loan amount

Maturity Provisions
Loan

Monthly or quarterly installments

Term Loan

Credit is extended for one to seven years

Compensating Balance
Required to obtain a loan
Prime Rate and LIBOR
Rate a bank charges most creditworthy customers

London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)

Trade Credit

Net Credit Position
Determined by the relationship between accounts payable and receivable
Cash Discount Policy
Incentive that a seller offers to a buyer in return for paying a bill before the due date
Payment Period
30 to 60 days