Business Line of Credit ↗
- Generally suited to
- Businesses with recurring but uneven cash needs
- Use of funds
- Seasonal inventory; Short cash gaps; Unexpected operating expenses
- Funding speed
- Initial underwriting, then draw processing
- Documentation
- Recent business bank statements; Current profit and loss statement and balance sheet; Existing debt schedule
- Credit sensitivity
- Often influences access and pricing
- Revenue / income
- Operating cash supports repayment
- Collateral
- Secured and unsecured structures exist
- Repayment
- Interest or fees on draws; schedule varies
- Term characteristics
- Revolving availability with draw-specific terms
- Flexibility
- Repeated draws subject to terms
- Cost considerations
- Compare draw, maintenance and interest charges