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Asset-Based Lending & Alternative Finance Course Overview
This Asset-Based Lending & Alternative Finance course dives into lending solutions for borrowers that don’t fit the target profile of a more traditional senior lender, like a commercial bank. Despite falling short of these requirements, many companies are still attractive borrowing prospects for alternative finance firms. This course shows how lenders assess these unique opportunities and structure non-standard credit by leveraging balance sheet assets as collateral to support riskier borrowers. We will also examine the differences between these solutions and more traditional forms of commercial financing.
The lending solutions we will be looking at in this course are: purchase order financing (PO financing), accounts receivable factoring (A/R factoring), asset-based lending lines (ABL lines), and sale-and-leasebacks.Asset-Based Lending & Alternative Finance Course Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, you will be able to:
- Compare alternative lending structures, including purchase order financing, accounts receivable factoring, Asset-based lending (ABL) lines, and sale-and-leaseback transactions.
- Differentiate between asset-based lending solutions and more traditional forms of commercial financing—like operating lines of credit.
- Analyze the underlying causes of weak or deteriorating risk ratings and identify when a good lending opportunity may still exist.
- Calculate credit needs for various borrowing scenarios.
- Recommend the most appropriate lending solution based on important client characteristics like business type, lifecycle, and capital structure.
