Accounts Receivable factoring is a process that enables a small business to sell off its invoices and other Account Receivables to a financing company. The financing company purchases these invoices at a discounted rate, gives the cash to the business and, when the due date of the invoice arrives, it collects the cash from the customer at the face value of the invoice. The company can collect the cash itself or outsource the work to another company that specializes in cash collection services.

The Outsourcing company first carries out what can be termed as an image capture. This means that as soon as a purchase order is received, the company uses a large number of recording techniques to scan the purchase order, and then index it based on fields such as customer name, customer number, invoice number and date. This will ensure that all customers