While certain financial institutions are emerging on the up and up compared to this time last year and beginning to repay government issued TARP funds, there are still exceptionally diminutive means to starting up a green business. Opportunely, there are many resources for struggling business pioneers that can help gain strong financial foothold in the industry. As most well know, competition to receive American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funded projects is rigid at best, giving way to the optimal resource in green initiatives…

According to the Fitch Ratings 2010 outlook report, U.S. structured finance sectors indicate a significant instability even with recent signs of economic recovery. The Fitch credit rating report also specifies that U.S. consumer heath and unemployment will play an important part in consumer ABS (asset backed securities) performance in 2010. Fitch expects unemployment rates reaching 10.5 percent by mid 2010, credit card charge-off rates at 12 percent, and annualized auto net losses between 2 and 25 percent…

President Obama recently held a meeting with some of the nation’s largest commercial banking groups, stressing the importance of taking “extraordinary” steps to restore the U.S. economy after obtaining taxpayer bailout dollars. Financial service institutions were monetarily assisted by taxpayers to avoid bankruptcy, which was “largely of their own making,” he said; rendering them indebted to homeowners and small businesses alike.

You may have heard the concept of business factoring referred to by many names, including business invoice factoring, invoice financing, and A/R financing. Factoring, or accounts receivable factoring, is the process of selling commercial invoices/accounts receivable at a discount to a buyer (factor). The seller receives immediate working capital…