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The Costs Of Cash Advances On Your Credit Card
Jan 2010
Credit card cash advance is a withdrawal of cash from your credit card through an ATM, by bank teller, by writing a check on the credit card account, or through a transfer of cash from your credit...
Provided by Bank of America
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White Papers
New Solutions For Meeting Targets And Enhanced Events
Apr 2010
The financial crisis has prompted companies in every industry, in every country to reduce costs, improve controls and increase operational efficiency. Many organisations, for example, have taken...
Provided by Citigroup
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White Papers
Professionalism And Pragmatism In Cards Programme Implementation
Apr 2010
Implementing a Travel and Entertainment (T&E) cards programme brings advantages to finance managers, travel managers and employees. T&E card programmes deliver convenience to cardholders, enhance...
Provided by Citigroup
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White Papers
The New Generation Of Commercial Cards
Jan 2010
Commercial cards, such as T&E (travel and entertainment) and purchasing cards have become increasingly popular as finance managers recognise the benefits of greater spending control and ease of...
Provided by Citigroup
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White Papers
New Opportunities For Onshore And Offshore RMB Liquidity Management
Aug 2010
Larger numbers of Multinational Corporations (MNCs) are setting up treasury centers on the Chinese mainland and more Chinese companies are leveraging their lower cost base and strong liquidity to...
Provided by Citigroup
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Webcasts
Business Answers: Payroll Mistakes & Home Office Blues
May 2010
Rieva Lesonsky, the CEO of GrowBiz Media and columnist for AllBusiness.com, and Lani Hay, the CEO of Lanmark Technology, answer viewer questions about fixing payroll mistakes and how to avoid the...
Provided by American Express
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Webcasts
Get Paid Faster With AcceptPay
Mar 2010
AcceptPay offers you the ability to create, send, and even automate electronic invoices. It also enables you to accept various forms of payments - such as major credit cards, bank transfers,...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Managing Methods Of Payments On Export Sales In Turbulent Times
Dec 2009
Whether you are collecting payment on a business transaction from a customer across the street or a client who is 12,000 miles away, learning how to collect payment on an overseas sales...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
The How, When And Why Of Extending Trade Credit
Aug 2010
Trade credit is the largest form of short term business financing. In a sense, it's peer to peer lending - businesses helping each other. Of course, it's not all altruistic, without trade credit,...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Crowding Out Bad Debt
Aug 2010
The only thing worse than having no customers is having bozos who don't pay their bills. As a small business owner, you can't afford to work with companies that string you along for payment. Short...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
The 5 Secrets Of Cash Flow Forecasting
Jul 2010
While forecasting cash flow may sound like a smart idea every business should implement, you might be surprised how many don't. Most businesses have no formal cash flow forecasting process in...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
How To Tell If It's The Right Time To Hire
Jul 2010
Sure, there may be some tepid signs that the economy is improving. But it's still hard to know whether the time is right to start bringing on new full-time employees. "Caution is the word of the...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Don't Let Your Cash Flow Go Down The Drain
Jun 2010
Having more cash coming in is obviously good, but what's perhaps not so obvious is that money owed to you - which is nice to have on the books - isn't as nice to have as money in the bank. If you...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Squeeze More Cash Out Of Your Business
May 2010
When times are tough, finding ways to squeeze cash out of your business may mean the difference between survival and failure. When the economy is slow, finding new ways to make money isn't easy...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
How A Long-Term View Can Help Your Cash Flow
May 2010
The author suggests not to make decisions based on short-term gains; look beyond the value of individual transactions to the long-term relationship. "If you focus on the lifetime value of the...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
6 Tips For Improving Your Invoicing Process
Apr 2010
An efficient invoicing process is essential to maintaining a healthy cash flow. Smart invoicing can significantly shorten the time between when you complete a project and when you get paid for it....
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
5 Strategies To Keep Your Customers Paying On Time (Or Even Early)
Apr 2010
When a customer is behind in paying you, it can create an unhappy situation on both sides. No one wants to be making or receiving a call regarding late payment. By taking some steps toward more...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
How To Make Collection Calls That Keep Customer Relationships
Apr 2010
Collections is the process of completing the sale, according to Abe WalkingBear Sanchez. As the endorsed Credit Consultant to the 4,500 combined members of STAFDA and PEI trade organizations, he...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Minimizing Late Payments To Maximize Your Cash Flow
Mar 2010
Don't allow late payments to skew your cash flow. If you find that a payment due to you is late, don't let it dangle in the wind. Contact them and see what the issue is and whether or not you can...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
40 Tips To Accelerate Your Cash Flow
Mar 2010
Business is actually quite simple - generate positive cash flow, and hopefully lots of it. In practice, however, it is a little harder to accomplish. Invoice on-time because every day you are late...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
How To Design Credit Policies
Mar 2010
When designing your company's credit policies, focus on supporting your company's goals. Most likely, you'll want to increase sales, market share, and profits. First, figure out the route you'll...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
3 Components Of Financial Clarity
Mar 2010
The over-arching challenge most businesses have on their profit and loss statement is complying with the matching principle - matching revenues and correlated expenses in the correct period. First...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Credit Where None Is Due? Authorized User Account Status And "Piggybacking Credit"
Mar 2010
An "Authorized user" is a person who is permitted by a revolving account holder to use an account without being legally liable for any charges incurred. The Federal Reserve's Regulation B, which...
Provided by Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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White Papers
Credit Card Redlining Revisited
Sep 2009
Using a proprietary dataset of credit bureau records, Cohen-Cole (2008) finds that banks set credit limits on revolving accounts based in part on the racial composition of the neighborhood in...
Provided by Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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White Papers
How Do International Financial Flows To Developing Countries Respond To Natural Disasters?
Jul 2010
This paper uses multivariate dynamic panel analysis to examine the response of international financial flows to natural disasters. The models estimated for a large sample of developing countries...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
The Impact Of Capital And Foreign Exchange Flows On The Competitiveness Of Developing Countries
Jul 2010
Attracting capital and foreign exchange flows is crucial for developing countries. Yet, these flows could lead to real exchange rate appreciation and may thus have detrimental effects on...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Currency Hedging For International Portfolios
Jun 2010
This paper examines the benefits from hedging the currency exposure of international investments in single- and multi-country equity and bond portfolios from the perspectives of German, Japanese,...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Beyond Aid: How Much Should African Countries Pay To Borrow?
Jun 2010
Post debt relief, the number of African countries considering accessing international capital markets, often to fund large infrastructure projects, is increasing. Potential risks of capital...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Cross-Border Financial Surveillance: A Network Perspective
Apr 2010
Effective cross-border financial surveillance requires the monitoring of direct and indirect systemic linkages. This paper illustrates how network analysis could make a significant contribution in...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Bank Credit During The 2008 Financial Crisis: A Cross-Country Comparison
Feb 2010
This paper empirically estimates the main determinants of bank credit growth during the 2008 financial crisis. Using a sample covering over 80 countries, this paper finds that larger bank credit...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
The Derivatives Market In South Africa: Lessons For Sub-Saharan African Countries
Sep 2009
This paper examines the role of the derivatives market in South Africa and provides policy options for promoting the development of derivatives markets in sub-Saharan Africa. South Africa's...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Recent Advances In Credit Risk Modeling
Aug 2009
As is well known, most models of credit risk have failed to measure the credit risks in the context of the global financial crisis. In this context, financial industry representatives, regulators...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Credit Risk Spreads In Local And Foreign Currencies
May 2009
The paper shows how - in a Merton-type model with bankruptcy - the currency composition of debt changes the risk profile of a company raising a given amount of financing, and thus affects the cost...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Estimating Default Frequencies And Macrofinancial Linkages In The Mexican Banking Sector
May 2009
The credit risk measures the author develops in this paper are used to investigate macrofinancial linkages in the Mexican banking system. Domestic and external macro-financial variables are found...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
The Use (And Abuse) Of CDS Spreads During Distress
Mar 2009
Credit Default Swap spreads have been used as a leading indicator of distress. Default probabilities can be extracted from CDS spreads, but during distress it is important to take account of the...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Sovereign Default, Private Sector Creditors And The IFIs
Mar 2009
This paper builds a model of a sovereign borrower that has access to credit from private sector creditors and an IFI. Private sector creditors and the IFI offer different debt contracts that are...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
The Volatility Costs Of Procyclical Lending Standards: An Assessment Using A DSGE Model
Mar 2009
The ongoing financial turmoil has triggered a lively debate on ways of containing systemic risk and lessening the likelihood of boom-and-bust episodes in credit markets. Particularly, it has been...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Is Monetary Policy Effective When Credit Is Low?
Dec 2008
Monetary policy, at least in part, operates through both an interest rate and credit channel. The question arises, therefore, whether monetary policy is a less potent a device in affecting output...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
A New Fiscal Rule: Should Israel "Go Swiss?"
Feb 2008
The theoretical literature has argued that a centralized wage bargaining system may result in low regional wage differentiation and high regional unemployment differentials. The empirical...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Do Financial Sector Reforms Lead To Financial Development? Evidence From A New Dataset
Dec 2008
This paper studies whether the policies that, over the past decades, liberalized banking systems around the world have resulted in deeper credit markets. To measure banking sector reforms the...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Is Invoice Factoring An Affordable Business Financing Solution?
Jan 2010
Invoice factoring has been gaining popularity as a tool to finance growing businesses. It is a solution that accelerates payments from slow paying clients, freeing up cash flow and allowing...
Provided by InvoiceFactor.co.uk
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White Papers
Using A Factoring Service As Alternative Funding For Your Business
Jan 2010
Cash on hand and flowing is the absolute bread and butter of any small and growing business. You need cash on hand to meet your payroll, fund development of the business, and even just for day to...
Provided by InvoiceFactor.co.uk
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White Papers
What Is Invoice Factoring?
Jan 2010
If you own a business and your clients take up to 60 days to pay your invoices, you may want to consider invoice factoring. Invoice factoring eliminates the payment wait and gets your invoices...
Provided by Commercial Capital
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White Papers
Small Business Invoice Factoring
Jan 2010
Do you sell products or services to commercial or government customers? If you do, then you must be very familiar with having to wait 30, 40 or even 60 days to get paid by your clients. Most large...
Provided by Commercial Capital
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White Papers
Invoice Factoring - A Little Known Way To Get Capital
Jan 2010
Invoice factoring allows you to turn your slow paying invoices from good customers into immediate cash. It's a very simple transaction in which you trade an invoice - "Almost cash" - for actual...
Provided by Commercial Capital
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White Papers
Accounts Receivable Factoring Basics
Jan 2010
If you are in a situation where your business is growing and selling products or services to great credit worthy customers, you should consider factoring your invoices as a possible solution....
Provided by Commercial Capital
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White Papers
Advantages And Disadvantages Of Debt Factoring
Jan 2010
Debt factoring takes place when a business sells its accounts receivable to a specialized finance company known as a factor. The receivables are sold at a discount and the factor has the...
Provided by contentdig.com
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White Papers
Factoring: What's In It For You?
Jan 2010
Factoring or Accounts Receivable Financing is a tool for providing working capital and cash flow to businesses of all sizes and in all industries. It is especially useful for startups and for...
Provided by contentdig.com
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White Papers
Improve Your Cash Flow With Business Factoring
Jan 2010
All businesses big or small face situations where they feel a cash crunch would hamper their growth opportunities. Usually, it is difficult for a company to arrange for loans and advances from...
Provided by contentdig.com
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White Papers
How Accounts Receivable Financing Works
Jan 2010
Finance is the basic requirement of any business-be it a small business or large. There are banks, private financial firms that provide finance to a business. Accounts receivable financing is a...
Provided by contentdig.com
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White Papers
Freight Factoring: A Boon To Transportation And Logistics Companies
Jan 2010
Freight factoring is in fact an extension of the trucking company's business. It offers an easy alternative to bank loans. The trucking company does not have to give any collateral security and...
Provided by contentdig.com
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White Papers
Freight Bill Factoring: A Great Financing Option For Transportation Companies
Jan 2010
Transportation is a very cash-flow-intensive business. The operational costs of running this business are huge. Small and medium size trucking companies find it difficult to manage the...
Provided by contentdig.com
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White Papers
Your Guide To Truck Factoring Services
Jan 2010
Truck factoring is a great arrangement, especially for the owner of the vehicle. It is a relaxing arrangement and reduces the amount of stress and tension that normally would leave any trucker...
Provided by contentdig.com
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White Papers
Solve Your Cash Flow Issues With Freight Bill Factoring
Jan 2010
If you are in the trucking industry then you must be aware of how difficult it is to manage various expenses without enough cash in your hands. The payments that you are supposed to receive from...
Provided by contentdig.com
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White Papers
Freight Factoring Tips For Companies
Jan 2010
Without cash, you just can't move forward in the transport business because cash is required for virtually every transaction such as paying fuel bills, employee salaries, repairs and maintenance...
Provided by contentdig.com
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White Papers
Help Your Small Business Grow With Business Factoring
Jan 2010
As a small business owner there is often times when face a cash crunch. Small businesses generally have customers who pay after a period of 30 to 60 days or even more. Factoring involves selling...
Provided by contentdig.com
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White Papers
Freight Brokers: Factoring Your Freight Bills Will Help Your Cash Flow
Jan 2010
You are in a profitable business, if you run a freight brokerage company. However, it can prove very challenging financially if you do not have a nice cash cushion to help pay off your drivers on...
Provided by contentdig.com
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White Papers
Pitfalls To Avoid When You Go In For Business Factoring
Jan 2010
Factoring is a smart way to bring in cash flow to your businesses. It provides ready capital to meet the ongoing daily operational expenses. The procedure is relatively simple and quick hence,...
Provided by contentdig.com
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White Papers
The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Business Factoring
Jan 2010
If your business gets cash-flow blockages on a regular basis due to a large number of credit clients being on your sales ledger, then you could find a lot of cash constraints affecting the smooth...
Provided by contentdig.com
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White Papers
How To Use Freight Factoring To Expand Your Trucking Business
Jan 2010
If you are issuing a large number of credit invoices in your trucking business, but still feel that there is no money to pay for your expenses, then you are not alone. The nature of the trucking...
Provided by contentdig.com
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White Papers
Why Freight Bill Factoring Is Important In Business
Jan 2010
Freight invoice factoring is important in business because it is a viable financing tool for growing businesses, providing them with a solution to accelerate slow payments and free up cash flow....
Provided by contentdig.com
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White Papers
What To Look For In An Accounts Receivable Financing Program
Jan 2010
What account receivable financing is all about? It is a program of converting your business invoices, private or government, into cash easily and without any personal guarantees or long term...
Provided by contentdig.com
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White Papers
How To Choose The Right Business Factoring Company For Your Business
Jan 2010
If you run your own business that has a large number of credit clients, then you would have realized that it could be very difficult to meet your daily expenses without a steady inflow of cash....
Provided by contentdig.com
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White Papers
All You Need To Know About Freight Broker Factoring
Jan 2010
Operating as a freight broker can economically be very profitable. At the same time it may also prove to be extremely difficult on account of the smooth and regular cash flow that is required to...
Provided by contentdig.com
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White Papers
The Benefits Of Truck Factoring
Jan 2010
In case of the trucking companies, big as well as small, there are situations when the cash needs are high and the customers are not paying up on time or amounts are stuck in a credit period....
Provided by contentdig.com
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White Papers
Freight Bill Factoring: An Efficient And Affordable Cash Flow Tool
Jan 2010
Freight bill factoring is a great way to improve your cash flow especially if you have a new freight brokerage business. Freight bill factoring is the best solution for taking care of all your...
Provided by contentdig.com
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White Papers
Factor Your Way To Success With Business Factoring
Jan 2010
For your business to succeed even with a lot of credit clients, you will require a steady inflow of cash at regular intervals in order to meet your daily expenses and fund your expansion plans....
Provided by contentdig.com
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White Papers
Factoring Requirements For Your Freight Bill Factoring
Jan 2010
In order to meet the day-to-day financial obligations of their business, like fuel, payroll, etc, freight companies can ill afford unpaid invoices for a month or two. They need immediate cash...
Provided by contentdig.com
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White Papers
Is Your Business Suitable For Business Factoring
Jan 2010
If you are dealing in industrial products or any other items, where you need to provide credit to most of your clients, then you would realize very soon that most of your money is stuck with your...
Provided by contentdig.com
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White Papers
If High Fuel Bills Are Squeezing Your Business, Turn Towards Freight Factoring
Jan 2010
With fuel prices showing no signs of abating, running your trucks could drain away your finances, since your clients might pay you on the due date, whereas the fuel pumped in your trucks would...
Provided by contentdig.com
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White Papers
How Can Freight Factoring Help Your Trucking Business
Jan 2010
Freight factoring will first and foremost help your trucking company by providing instant money without going through the hassles of providing collateral or audited documents. This money will...
Provided by contentdig.com
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White Papers
Make A Smart Funding Choice And Go For Business Factoring
Jan 2010
As a company grows, so do their need for funds. This comes from the fact that as the companies are growing they will have new customers coming in with invoices, which are on a credit period of...
Provided by contentdig.com
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White Papers
Can A Start-Up Use Business Factoring
Jan 2010
To be successful in your start-up venture, growth of your business is the major issue to be focused on. For ensuring steep growth of your business, a streaming cash flow is a must for meeting the...
Provided by contentdig.com
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White Papers
Top Reasons Why You Should Start Factoring Your Freight Bills Today
Jan 2010
Factoring is basically a financial tool that aids you to get immediate money against your credit sales so that you do not need to wait too long before it matures. Factoring has been a part of the...
Provided by contentdig.com
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White Papers
Invoice Factoring: Ask Detailed Questions & Choose The Best Invoice Company
Jan 2010
A factoring company advances funds to your business based upon the dollar amount of your company's outstanding account receivables. With a quality factoring firm, you no longer have to wait to...
Provided by contentdig.com
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White Papers
Use Freight Bill Factoring For Your Trucking Company
Jan 2010
If you own a truck company you must be fully aware that the intensity of cash flow in this business is much higher than most businesses. It is a known fact that running a truck company is...
Provided by contentdig.com
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White Papers
Business Factoring Is Not Only About Improved Cash Flow
Jan 2010
Every business that has substantial credit clients is bound to experience regular shortage of ready funds, when it is required the most. If you are one such business owner, then it is not possible...
Provided by contentdig.com
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White Papers
Choose The Right Invoice Factoring Company To Improve Cashflow
Jan 2010
Using the financial services of an invoice factoring company can be a useful financial conduit for temporary needs. It should only be considered a short-term solution when traditional banks and...
Provided by contentdig.com
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White Papers
All You Need To Know About Truck Invoice Factoring
Jan 2010
The trucking companies are vital to the manufacturers and distributors to deliver the goods at various locations and on time. These trucking companies also rely on cash from such companies to meet...
Provided by contentdig.com
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White Papers
How To Locate The Ideal Freight Factoring Company For Your Business
Jan 2010
If your trucking business caters to clients on a credit basis, then you might feel the need for regular finance to run your business smoothly. A freight factoring company could help you by...
Provided by contentdig.com
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White Papers
How To Keep Your Credit Card Safe: What You Need To Do To Guard Your Card
Jan 2010
Sometimes it seems that you can't go online or open a newspaper without seeing something about identity theft or credit card fraud. And it can be frightening to think about the ingenious ways...
Provided by Bank of America
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White Papers
Do You Need More Than One Credit Card?: Advantages And Disadvantages Of Having Multiple Credit Cards
Jan 2010
These days, it's not uncommon for people to have multiple credit cards. A study from Experian found 51% of the U.S. population has two credit cards or more. If you're thinking about applying for...
Provided by Bank of America
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White Papers
The Costs Of Cash Advances On Your Credit Card
Jan 2010
Credit card cash advance is a withdrawal of cash from your credit card through an ATM, by bank teller, by writing a check on the credit card account, or through a transfer of cash from your credit...
Provided by Bank of America
-
White Papers
New Solutions For Meeting Targets And Enhanced Events
Apr 2010
The financial crisis has prompted companies in every industry, in every country to reduce costs, improve controls and increase operational efficiency. Many organisations, for example, have taken...
Provided by Citigroup
-
White Papers
Professionalism And Pragmatism In Cards Programme Implementation
Apr 2010
Implementing a Travel and Entertainment (T&E) cards programme brings advantages to finance managers, travel managers and employees. T&E card programmes deliver convenience to cardholders, enhance...
Provided by Citigroup
-
White Papers
The New Generation Of Commercial Cards
Jan 2010
Commercial cards, such as T&E (travel and entertainment) and purchasing cards have become increasingly popular as finance managers recognise the benefits of greater spending control and ease of...
Provided by Citigroup
-
White Papers
New Opportunities For Onshore And Offshore RMB Liquidity Management
Aug 2010
Larger numbers of Multinational Corporations (MNCs) are setting up treasury centers on the Chinese mainland and more Chinese companies are leveraging their lower cost base and strong liquidity to...
Provided by Citigroup
-
Webcasts
Business Answers: Payroll Mistakes & Home Office Blues
May 2010
Rieva Lesonsky, the CEO of GrowBiz Media and columnist for AllBusiness.com, and Lani Hay, the CEO of Lanmark Technology, answer viewer questions about fixing payroll mistakes and how to avoid the...
Provided by American Express
-
Webcasts
Get Paid Faster With AcceptPay
Mar 2010
AcceptPay offers you the ability to create, send, and even automate electronic invoices. It also enables you to accept various forms of payments - such as major credit cards, bank transfers,...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Managing Methods Of Payments On Export Sales In Turbulent Times
Dec 2009
Whether you are collecting payment on a business transaction from a customer across the street or a client who is 12,000 miles away, learning how to collect payment on an overseas sales...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
The How, When And Why Of Extending Trade Credit
Aug 2010
Trade credit is the largest form of short term business financing. In a sense, it's peer to peer lending - businesses helping each other. Of course, it's not all altruistic, without trade credit,...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Crowding Out Bad Debt
Aug 2010
The only thing worse than having no customers is having bozos who don't pay their bills. As a small business owner, you can't afford to work with companies that string you along for payment. Short...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
The 5 Secrets Of Cash Flow Forecasting
Jul 2010
While forecasting cash flow may sound like a smart idea every business should implement, you might be surprised how many don't. Most businesses have no formal cash flow forecasting process in...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
How To Tell If It's The Right Time To Hire
Jul 2010
Sure, there may be some tepid signs that the economy is improving. But it's still hard to know whether the time is right to start bringing on new full-time employees. "Caution is the word of the...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Don't Let Your Cash Flow Go Down The Drain
Jun 2010
Having more cash coming in is obviously good, but what's perhaps not so obvious is that money owed to you - which is nice to have on the books - isn't as nice to have as money in the bank. If you...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Squeeze More Cash Out Of Your Business
May 2010
When times are tough, finding ways to squeeze cash out of your business may mean the difference between survival and failure. When the economy is slow, finding new ways to make money isn't easy...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
How A Long-Term View Can Help Your Cash Flow
May 2010
The author suggests not to make decisions based on short-term gains; look beyond the value of individual transactions to the long-term relationship. "If you focus on the lifetime value of the...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
6 Tips For Improving Your Invoicing Process
Apr 2010
An efficient invoicing process is essential to maintaining a healthy cash flow. Smart invoicing can significantly shorten the time between when you complete a project and when you get paid for it....
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
5 Strategies To Keep Your Customers Paying On Time (Or Even Early)
Apr 2010
When a customer is behind in paying you, it can create an unhappy situation on both sides. No one wants to be making or receiving a call regarding late payment. By taking some steps toward more...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
How To Make Collection Calls That Keep Customer Relationships
Apr 2010
Collections is the process of completing the sale, according to Abe WalkingBear Sanchez. As the endorsed Credit Consultant to the 4,500 combined members of STAFDA and PEI trade organizations, he...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Minimizing Late Payments To Maximize Your Cash Flow
Mar 2010
Don't allow late payments to skew your cash flow. If you find that a payment due to you is late, don't let it dangle in the wind. Contact them and see what the issue is and whether or not you can...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
40 Tips To Accelerate Your Cash Flow
Mar 2010
Business is actually quite simple - generate positive cash flow, and hopefully lots of it. In practice, however, it is a little harder to accomplish. Invoice on-time because every day you are late...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
How To Design Credit Policies
Mar 2010
When designing your company's credit policies, focus on supporting your company's goals. Most likely, you'll want to increase sales, market share, and profits. First, figure out the route you'll...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
3 Components Of Financial Clarity
Mar 2010
The over-arching challenge most businesses have on their profit and loss statement is complying with the matching principle - matching revenues and correlated expenses in the correct period. First...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Credit Where None Is Due? Authorized User Account Status And "Piggybacking Credit"
Mar 2010
An "Authorized user" is a person who is permitted by a revolving account holder to use an account without being legally liable for any charges incurred. The Federal Reserve's Regulation B, which...
Provided by Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
-
White Papers
Credit Card Redlining Revisited
Sep 2009
Using a proprietary dataset of credit bureau records, Cohen-Cole (2008) finds that banks set credit limits on revolving accounts based in part on the racial composition of the neighborhood in...
Provided by Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
-
White Papers
How Do International Financial Flows To Developing Countries Respond To Natural Disasters?
Jul 2010
This paper uses multivariate dynamic panel analysis to examine the response of international financial flows to natural disasters. The models estimated for a large sample of developing countries...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
-
White Papers
The Impact Of Capital And Foreign Exchange Flows On The Competitiveness Of Developing Countries
Jul 2010
Attracting capital and foreign exchange flows is crucial for developing countries. Yet, these flows could lead to real exchange rate appreciation and may thus have detrimental effects on...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
-
White Papers
Currency Hedging For International Portfolios
Jun 2010
This paper examines the benefits from hedging the currency exposure of international investments in single- and multi-country equity and bond portfolios from the perspectives of German, Japanese,...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
-
White Papers
Beyond Aid: How Much Should African Countries Pay To Borrow?
Jun 2010
Post debt relief, the number of African countries considering accessing international capital markets, often to fund large infrastructure projects, is increasing. Potential risks of capital...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Cross-Border Financial Surveillance: A Network Perspective
Apr 2010
Effective cross-border financial surveillance requires the monitoring of direct and indirect systemic linkages. This paper illustrates how network analysis could make a significant contribution in...
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Bank Credit During The 2008 Financial Crisis: A Cross-Country Comparison
Feb 2010
This paper empirically estimates the main determinants of bank credit growth during the 2008 financial crisis. Using a sample covering over 80 countries, this paper finds that larger bank credit...
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The Derivatives Market In South Africa: Lessons For Sub-Saharan African Countries
Sep 2009
This paper examines the role of the derivatives market in South Africa and provides policy options for promoting the development of derivatives markets in sub-Saharan Africa. South Africa's...
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Recent Advances In Credit Risk Modeling
Aug 2009
As is well known, most models of credit risk have failed to measure the credit risks in the context of the global financial crisis. In this context, financial industry representatives, regulators...
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Credit Risk Spreads In Local And Foreign Currencies
May 2009
The paper shows how - in a Merton-type model with bankruptcy - the currency composition of debt changes the risk profile of a company raising a given amount of financing, and thus affects the cost...
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Estimating Default Frequencies And Macrofinancial Linkages In The Mexican Banking Sector
May 2009
The credit risk measures the author develops in this paper are used to investigate macrofinancial linkages in the Mexican banking system. Domestic and external macro-financial variables are found...
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The Use (And Abuse) Of CDS Spreads During Distress
Mar 2009
Credit Default Swap spreads have been used as a leading indicator of distress. Default probabilities can be extracted from CDS spreads, but during distress it is important to take account of the...
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Sovereign Default, Private Sector Creditors And The IFIs
Mar 2009
This paper builds a model of a sovereign borrower that has access to credit from private sector creditors and an IFI. Private sector creditors and the IFI offer different debt contracts that are...
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The Volatility Costs Of Procyclical Lending Standards: An Assessment Using A DSGE Model
Mar 2009
The ongoing financial turmoil has triggered a lively debate on ways of containing systemic risk and lessening the likelihood of boom-and-bust episodes in credit markets. Particularly, it has been...
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Is Monetary Policy Effective When Credit Is Low?
Dec 2008
Monetary policy, at least in part, operates through both an interest rate and credit channel. The question arises, therefore, whether monetary policy is a less potent a device in affecting output...
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