"Factoring to Include in State Guarantees' Program for its Growth during Martial Law" - OTP Bank
"Factoring operations should be included in the state guarantees program to enable its growth in the war context. This opinion was expressed by Lina Zaika, Head of the Factoring Financing Unit at OTP Bank, during a round table on the topic "Factoring: how to renew working capital without attracting loans", held by the Financial Club last week.
According to her, the factoring application in the war environment is constrained due to the suppliers` rejection to accept deferred payment or post-payment, primarily due to the risk of partial or complete non-payment for goods. "Even a strong trading network, with numerous points of sale, profitable, with sufficient liquidity, can get into a difficult situation or face huge losses due to military operations. Suppliers prefer prepaid deliveries today to minimize their financial losses, which makes factoring usage impossible," the Head of the Factoring Financing Unit at OTP Bank highlighted.
Meanwhile, she considers factoring operations nowadays to be an efficient way of working capital replenishment without collateral for critical infrastructure enterprises, first, in food, medicine, mobile communications, and other consumer goods sectors. Besides, the companies involved in sowing, eg. traders of mineral fertilizers, planting materials, and spare parts, could use it effectively.
According to L.Zaika, OTP Bank`s clients do not need to visit its branches to apply and draw up documents for obtaining factoring financing since necessary documents can be provided via electronic channels, including client-bank.
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