The Federal Budget for 2020-2021 released in early October included a number of developments designed to help small-to-medium businesses recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and grow. Some of these measures will motivate business owners to consider new finance options. Here we cover some of the budget measures and what they can create opportunities for finance brokers.
A letter of credit is a way for banks or other financial institutions to guarantee payment and the delivery of goods. This form of payment can seem confusing if you’re not familiar with how it works. Let’s take a closer look to understand letters of credit and how they can facilitate transactions between buyers and sellers, particularly in international trade.
A cash flow loan is used to meet working capital needs and is based on using a company's future cash flow to make repayments. Small businesses that need to boost working capital but don't have collateral can get this type of business loan to cover working capital needs.
The impacts of COVID-19 have significantly changed the business environment and raised challenges across the economy. While these changes will continue to have an impact, there are still opportunities for experienced finance brokers and mortgage brokers planning to diversify their businesses. Here we’ll go over some of the recent trends, where the opportunities lie, and how finance brokers can place themselves for future growth.
Trade finance is a broad term to describe various forms of finance used to facilitate trade, both domestically and internationally. Let’s look at some of the options available among trade finance providers and how they can make buying and selling products and services easier.
In late July 2020, the JobKeeper payment was extended by an additional six months to March 2021. Besides extending the program, other changes were made including lower payment rates. Let’s look at the details more closely to understand the JobKeeper extension. If you’re not sure if your business qualifies for JobKeeper, here we cover the latest updates.
Accounts receivable is the total amount of money owed to a business for goods and services delivered. When you sell a product or service to another business, you can send…
Return on assets is an indicator that helps business owners and investors to determine how profitable a company is relative to the total assets it owns. Using this ratio, business owners, managers or investors can determine how efficiently the company uses assets to create earnings.
Cash flow lending is one form of business finance that can help small businesses get the funds they need. Here we’ll define this type of funding and how it compares to its alternatives.
Working capital is crucial for any business, and using the working capital formula is a simple way to see how a company is performing. Before we look at the formula,…
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