«Business owners need to be aware of the very high
price of merchant cash advances,» says Mitch Jacobs, founder and CEO of On Deck Capital, which provides unsecured small business loans to companies denied by traditional banks.
While an MCA might make sense for a business that needs cash quickly to take advantage of a short - term opportunity, it's critical to make sure the costs
of the merchant cash advance otherwise make financial sense for the business.
Holdback: Within the
context of a Merchant Cash Advance, the holdback is the percentage of the daily credit and debit card receipts that are withheld every day by the provider to pay back the advance.
Before delving deeper into the
subject of merchant cash advance, let us understand the various challenges faced by these business owners when trying to borrow funds for their respective business from the conventional lending sectors like the banks.