Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) – Purchase Order Financing (2022)
Description:
The Business Development Bank (BDC) Purchase Order offers financing to businesses that want to take on new business opportunities and are short of cash. Businesses can increase their cash flow to fulfill large orders without shortchanging their operations.
Financing can be used to:
1. complement a line of credit (accept larger contracts, purchase inventory to fulfill orders quickly),
2. launch growth projects (expand into new markets, domestic or international),
3. improve profitability (pay suppliers upfront to get special discounts, avoid currency exchange fluctuations).
Comments on Funding:
Funding is up to 90% to cover a significant portion of Purchase Order(PO) amount.
Loan terms:
- up to 18 months repayment period;
- interest-only payments and one balloon payment at the end of the term;
- loan disbursement to the applicant so he can pay suppliers directly. No factoring on the loan.
- money disbursed in Canadian or U.S. funds to avoid dealing with currency exchange fluctuations.
Eligibility:
Applicant must:
Program Contact:
When It Ends:
Ongoing
Deadline:
Rolling deadline