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Sources of Finance
Sources of Finance
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According to Time Period
Sources of financing a business are classified based on the
time period for which the money is required. The time period
is commonly classified into following three:
MEDIUM TERM SHORT TERM
LONG TERM
SOURCES OF SOURCES OF
SOURCES OF
FINANCE / FINANCE /
FINANCE / FUNDS
FUNDS FUNDS
Share Capital or Preference Capital
Trade Credit
Equity Shares or Preference Shares
Preference Capital or
Debenture / Bonds Factoring Services
Preference Shares
Retained Earnings or Bill Discounting
Lease Finance
Internal Accruals etc.
Hire Purchase Advances received
Debenture / Bonds
Finance from customers
Medium Term Short Term Loans
Term Loans from
Loans from like Working
Financial Institutes,
Financial Institutes, Capital Loans
Government, and
Government, and from Commercial
Commercial Banks
Commercial Banks Banks
Fixed Deposits (<1
Venture Funding
Year)
Receivables and
Asset Securitization
Payables
Trade Credit
Short Term Loans like Working Capital Loans from
Commercial Banks
Fixed Deposits for a period of 1 year or less
Advances received from customers
Creditors
Payables
Factoring Services
Bill Discounting etc.