Forfaiter
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Related to Forfaiter: forfeiting
Forfaiter
Purchaser of promises to pay issued by importers.
Forfaiter (Primary)
An individual or financial entity that arranges a forfaiting transaction directly with an exporter and then holds or sells on the payment obligations of the importer/ guarantor.
Forfaiter (Secondary)
An individual or financial entity that buys or sells the payment obligations of the importer/ guarantor.
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Forfaiting
In international trade, the selling of an exporter's receivables for a particular transaction. It is similar to factoring except in scope. While a company sells all of its accounts receivable in factoring, an exporter only sells one receivable for one, perhaps high risk, transaction. In forfaiting, the buyer is known as a forfaiter, and assumes all the risks associated with collecting the receivables. Generally, the exporter forfaits the receivable at a discount. This improves cash flow but reduces income.
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