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Special Report - Banking, Finance and Investment - November 07, 2008
Demand said rising here for nontraditional financing
Factoring sector picks up as credit market tightens; microloan inquiries swell

By David Cole
Of the Journal of Business

David Heyamoto, business development manager for Spokane Neighborhood Action Programs, says more businesses are coming to SNAP for loans.
David Heyamoto, business development manager for Spokane Neighborhood Action Programs, says more businesses are coming to SNAP for loans.
—Staff photo by David Cole
An increasing number of businesses here and nationally are turning to nontraditional sources of financing, such as factoring, to meet critical cash-flow needs as banks constrict credit in the current economic crisis, say industry representatives.

In factoring, companies such as AMCI Finance, Northwest Business Finance LLC, Universal Funding Corp., and others here buy accounts receivable from businesses at a discount, and the sellers garner quick cash, without having to give up an o...


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