Six months into her tenure as head of the Small Business Administration, Linda McMahon sees a split among small business owners — they are increasingly optimistic, she says, but many are held back by their inability to get loans or find the right workers for jobs that are staying open. “Entrepreneurs are willing again to...
How Does Inventory Financing Work? Inventory financing is a form of asset based lending that allows you to leverage your inventory. This can help improve your company’s cash flow and provide funds to pay for business expenses, or to buy more inventory. This type of financing is useful if you are unable to get higher...
Working capital is one of the most difficult financial concepts for the small-business owner to understand. The term means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. By definition, working capital is the amount by which current assets exceed current liabilities. However, if you run this calculation each period to try to...
Getting funding for your small business—that’s tough work. It takes a ton of time to do all that research, analyze the needs for your business, find a respectable lender, negotiate a deal you can live with, understand the terms of your finances, etc. So why not just find someone to do it for you? That’s...
Many people dream of owning their own businesses. But the idea of buying an existing business is often brushed aside due to the perceived notion that it will take more money than what’s available.Many are unaware of the financing options that exist. Each option has different requirements in terms of down payment. The following are...
Why is the choice of loan important? Each type of loan has particular characteristics which suit different purposes, for example, short-term borrowing or finance for a large acquisition. Companies need to make sure that corporate loan they are taking out is suitable for the purpose of the borrowing. What types of loan are there? There...
Kinross Gold Corp. ( KGC ) informed the market through a news release published on its Web site June 28 that it is going to issue a $500 million corporate loan made of 4.50% interest-bearing unsecured senior notes with maturity in 2027. The closing of the company’s notes offering is scheduled by Kinross Gold for...
Business is strong for commercial lenders across the Midwest. And fueling this business? Financing requests for the acquisition, construction and refinancing of the region’s hottest asset class, multifamily properties. Just look at the numbers for the commercial lenders in Berkadia, a finance company. Pete Benedetto, senior managing director with the Southfield said that before the...
The Right kind of Small Business Lenders: When looking for a loan, you can always start with a quick Google search or perhaps respond to ad or mailer you find intriguing. With a variety of small business lenders, whether or not you start with the right one could make a difference in the end. Ending...
A luxury apartment complex in Boston’s upscale South End neighborhood. Amazon’s midtown Manhattan headquarters and distribution center across from the Empire State Building. A thirty story class A office tower at 123 North Wacker Dr. in Chicago’s West Loop. What these commercial properties have in common is that all were financed within the past two...
