Invoice finance fundamentals: What is factoring and how does it work?
Factoring gives businesses quick access to money owed to them by their customers, and hands over the responsibility for collecting payments to an expert credit control team.
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Podcast: Dancerace CEO on AI, data and unlocking the IF growth opportunity
Dancerace CEO Elliot Avison appears on the latest episode of Finance Connect’s ‘Advances’ podcast, in a wide-ranging discussion on growth, data and AI for invoice finance.
Invoice Finance Fundamentals: What is Invoice Discounting and How Does It Work?
Invoice discounting is a quick way for businesses to access money owed to them by their customers – a form of short-term loan that uses already-submitted invoices as security and improves cash flow.
AI at Dancerace: Playing a Different Game
While we’ve been using intelligent digital tools for years at Dancerace, the recent step change in AI has required us to think clearly about how we do and don’t use these new tools.
Changing places: Dancerace says ‘hello’ to new UK HQ
After a decade at Walcot Yard, our UK team has moved to an exciting new location in central Bath.
Join us: Online lender briefing, September 2026
Next week we’re hosting two online briefings for senior leaders at UK and European lending businesses that use our platform. Join us!
News: Dancerace to headline 2026 Receivables Finance Connect conference
After sponsoring last year’s first invoice finance-focused edition of the Finance Connect conference, Dancerace is delighted to return as headline sponsor of the 2026 conference on 24th November at King’s Place, London.
Join us: September System Optimisation Webinars
Later this month, we’ll host two live system optimisation webinars to help UK and European lenders optimise how they use our IF and ABL functionality – part of our ongoing commitment to help users drive maximum value from our platform.
Dancerace to attend UK Finance IF/ABL annual Dinner and Awards
Dancerace is delighted to be joining the annual UK Finance Invoice Finance and Asset-Based Lending Dinner and Awards on Thursday 10th September at the Sheraton Grand, Park Lane, London.
New in r3: Trend-based risk metrics
Platform update: Our second August 2026 release delivers major new risk-tracking functionality in r3, enabling lenders to monitor and respond to trend-based risk metrics. This massively increases what’s possible with r3, while also addressing key issues associated with using point-in-time metrics only.