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it has been in 20 months. 

Following are some other statistics:

* 29 percent rate the economy as fair;

* 57 percent is thinking that it is still poor;

* 31 percent say it is getting better

* 52 percent are saying that it is getting worse; and* 14 percent aren’t sure.

It does look that for many small business proprietors cash flow issues have alleviated slightly. There are fewer owners now who say that their business organizations, in the past 90 days, are experiencing temporary cash flow issues. This caused them to hold off on paying back bills. 

However, there is still a lot of room for advances even though confidence surveys are showing advances month after month, and there are still many businesses that are continuing to suffer from cash flow problems. One way that business organizations can attain this is by using invoice factoring companies, which can help businesses during this recovery period when cash is need to help expand a rising business.

One of the earliest and most widely used kinds of funding for business organizations is use of invoice factoring companies who perform standard invoice factoring, which has been around for thousands of years. Many businesses do not get paid immediately for delivered products or services; however in order to sustain and mature, every company needs cash. Single invoice factoring, or spot factoring, is a newer form of accounts receivable factoring. It is of benefit to firms that do not get paid for 30, 60 or 90 days. How is that so? Some factors would advance up to 90 percent against the invoices. 

Some invoice factoring companies offer “use it as you need it” funding alternatives, therefore every invoice purchase is a separate transaction and does not make part of a portfolio lending approach. The transaction is modeled as a buy-sell transaction. Steps include the following:

* Due Diligence–Once it is approached by a future customer, IFG will undertake a thorough due diligence program that will last about 24 to 48 hours.

* Review Invoices–Once the due diligence is realized, the customer is at liberty to offer invoices to IFG for purchase.

* Credit Verification–After receipt of the invoices, IFG will check the credit of the debtor named on each invoice and make sure the sale presented by each invoice has been satisfactorily accomplished.

* Debtors’ Notification–Once credit has been verified, each debitor is apprised of the purchase by IFG and the client is paid for the invoices.

* Debitor Payments– At the end of the credit period the debitor will make payment directly to IFG thus completing the transaction.

Invoice factoring companies are user friendly, quick, adaptable, and economical and professional fees are competitive; each client’s conditions will vary and may have an impact on the fees.