Article Summary: There is plenty of negative business news in the papers and on TV lately. But you cannot paint each state with a broad, national brush. There are some anomalies of the positive kind here and there, and Texas is one of them. As we all know, the US economy ...

Are we in a recession or aren't we? Depending on whom you ask, you'll get several different answers to this question. The White House calls it "tough times" while many economists call it a recession. Regardless of the semantics, one thing is certain. Business financing is getting harder to come by, ...

Some working capital finance companies (and commercial finance companies in general) use phrases like "service with a difference" and "a different kind of company" ... but then they fail to explain what makes them so different. We would like to offer you a refreshing change of pace by explaining what, exactly, ...

... and if it were only a silly comedy staring Rick Moranis, we would be okay. But as it turns out, our economy may actually shrink in the coming months (which is part of the textbook definition for economic recession). Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned Congress on Wednesday that the ...

Accounts receivable (AR) financing is one of the key services that we provide to our clients. And while it's not for every business, it can certainly benefit the business owner who wants to turn accounts receivable (invoices) into work capital. AR Financing Benefits Here are some of the primary reasons businesses use ...

The factoring services we provide can serve many different types of businesses. This is part of the reason we had to open two new offices recently, one in El Paso and the other in Richardson, Texas. The Richardson office will serve the entire Dallas / Fort Worth area, and will be ...

Article Summary: An explanation of factoring for small business owners, and how it relates to the current state of the economy. The financial landscape continues to change in the United States, with tighter credit and lending restrictions spawned by the mortgage breakdown. We have already outlined the history of these ...

We have created an e-booklet that explains the financial ripple effect that started last year, with the rapid rise of home foreclosures. As you are probably well aware, this still-ongoing crisis spread to the world of business credit as well. But you may not be aware of how, exactly, the crisis ...

There has been so much in the news lately about business credit and finance that it's hard to keep up with it all. But much of this information is important for business owners to read, so we have decided to do a regular "roundup" of business and financial news. Risky Business ...

The latest installment in the subprime mortgage meltdown: Bank of America purchases the ailing Countrywide.   In previous blog posts, we have talked about the subprime mortgage meltdown and how it created a ripple effect that spread through our economy (even affecting business credit). As of this morning, we have seen the ...