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3 Things That Makes Asset-Based Loans Better Than Conventional Loans

In today’s competitive business environment, achieving constant growth is imperative for achieving long-term success. However, one of the basic requirements for magnifying and maintaining business operations is the arrangement of additional capital.

Asset-Based Loans Better Than Conventional Loans


The most common method that businesses use to arrange money for themselves is a loan. Typically, loan providers charge a fee from lenders that depends on the loan amount and the time within which the loan is to be repaid. Moreover, there are different loans available for firms such as SBA loans, medium-term business loans, and small-term business loans.

Asset-Based Loans

It has been a couple of years since asset-based loans have become a popular option for financing businesses. In fact, the recent years have witnessed a great upsurge in the demand for asset-based loans and many businesses now prefer using asset-based loans to finance themselves. The main attraction of asset-based loans is that the loan amount is secured by assets such as inventory, account receivables, machinery, property, etc. Moreover, the maximum loan that a business can get depends on the value of assets that are put up as collateral.

Why Better Than Conventional Loans?

Many businesses claim that asset-based lending is a better alternative to conventional loans and the reasons are more than one. From a business point of view, the following three things make the asset-based loan preferable over other conventional loans:

·Secure Lending

Unlike most traditional financing methods, the asset-based loans do not consider the credit history of the business to assess its eligibility for getting the loan. Moreover, such loans also pose no threat to the credit history of the business as the loan amount is completely secured by the collateral.

·Highly Affordable

Compared to many traditional loans, the affordability of asset-based loans is pretty much the same. In fact, in certain cases, the interest/fee that the business needs to pay for asset-based loans is even lesser as compared to the interest rate charged by traditional business loans.

·Usage Flexibility

Most traditional loans consider the motive for which the finance is needed and also impose numerous restrictions on areas where the money can be spent by the business. However, this is not applicable in the case of an asset-based loan. The borrowers are free to use the loan money for supporting any business activity.

The asset-based loans are increasingly becoming a preferable choice among businesses of all sizes thanks to their added set of benefits. Moreover, their features such as high affordability and flexibility make them a better option than most conventional
loans. 

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