The invoices are not fundable
Invoices need to be valid, owed by businesses, evidenced and usually undisputed. Old, unclear or disputed debt is not the same as working capital.
Lending judgement
Why invoice finance applications are declined.
Most weak applications fail for boring reasons: the invoices are not clean enough, the debtor book is not strong enough, or the business is asking invoice finance to solve the wrong problem.
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What serious borrowers should fix first.
Use this before applying. If the weak point is obvious, solve it before asking for terms.
The debtors are weak or concentrated
A ledger with one dominant customer can still work, but only if payment history, contract evidence and customer quality support it.
The funding need is not invoice-led
If cash is needed for a one-off unrelated cost, a loan, bridge or different structure may be more honest than invoice finance.
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