Brady and Sons uses accounts receivable as collateral to borrow money for operations and payroll when revenues are low. If the company borrows $300,000 now at an interest rate of 12% per year, compounded monthly, and the rate increases to 15% per year, compounded monthly after 4 months, how much will the company owe at the end of 1 year?

Companies frequently borrow money under an arrangement that requires them to make periodic payments of “interest only” and then pay the principal all at once. If Cisco International borrowed $500,000 (identified as loan A) at 10% per year simple interest and another $500,000 (identified as loan B) at 10% per year compound interest and paid only the interest at the end of each year for three years on both loans, (a) on which loan did the company pay more interest, and (b) what was the difference in interest paid between the two loans?

You currently have $5,000. First United Bank will pay you an annual interest rate of 8.1, while Second National Bank will pay you an annual interest rate of 9.2. How many fewer years must you wait for your account value to grow to $10,300 at Second National Bank?

Travis International has a debt payment of $2.36 million that it must make 4 years from today. The company does not want to come up with the entire amount at that time, so it plans to make equal monthly deposits into an account starting 1 month from now to fund this liability. If the company can earn a return of 5.43 percent compounded monthly, how much must it deposit each month?

Campbell Computing Inc. expects to have sales this year of $30 million under its current credit policy. The company offers a credit term of 2/8, net 20.  Currently, 60 percent of paying customers take the discount and rest are paying on time.  The bad debt loss is 2 percent. The company has a profit margin of 20%, and uses a 5% short-term bank loan to finance its accounts receivables.  With 365-day a year assumption, please calculate the following items: a. The bad debt loss of the company this year b. The annual discount given to customers c. The accounts receivables level d. The financing cost of accounts receivables

ABC Corporation receives checks from its customers. The total check value averages 700,000 each day. It takes an average of 5 days from deposits for these to clear the bank. If the bank offers to accelerate the 5-day clearing process to 3 days for a monthly fee of 600. If ABC can earn 4% investment income from excess cash, how much is the net annual benefits/cost of this bank offer?

Two years ago, Luckett Land Developers Inc. borrowed $350,000 at a nominal interest rate of 4% compounded quarterly. Due to an economic slowdown, Luckett will be unable to pay off the loan, which is due today. Johnson City Bank has agreed to refinance the loan amount due, plus another $100,000 at a nominal interest rate of 3% compounded monthly. The new loan must be paid off 2 years from now. How much will Luckett owe when the new loan must be paid off?

You just borrowed $15,000 from a finance company to start a business. If you are required to repay $16,800 interest and principal in one year, what is the nominal interest rate that the finance company is charging? If inflation is 2.5%, what is the expected real rate of interest?

Wontaby Ltd. is extending its credit terms from 30 to 45 days. Sales are expected to increase from $4.90 million to $6.00 million as a result. Wontaby finances short-term assets at the bank at a cost of 10 percent annually. Calculate the additional annual financing cost of this change in credit terms. (Use 365 days in a year. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round the final answer to the nearest whole dollar. Enter answer in whole dollar not in million.) Annual financing cost $

The company has sales of $ 10 million per year, all of which are from credit terms that require payment to be made within 30 days, and the company's account receivables amount to $ 2 million. What is the DSO of the company, what is the value if all borrowers pay on time, and how much capital will be released if the company takes actions that lead to timely payment?