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How to Avoid Invoice Factoring Scams

Trucking companies need a strong, steady cash flow to stay ahead. It’s the key to being competitive, but it’s also difficult when the brokers and shippers you work with take a month or two to pay invoices. Freight factoring is …

Electric Trucks and the Future of Freight Factoring

While guidance changed and now the rush to convert to electric trucks isn’t quite as urgent, there’s still a pressing need to convert buses, delivery vans, and heavy-duty trucks to EVs. Heavy-duty trucks account for 3% of the trucks on …

Freight Factoring Tips for Regulatory Changes in Trucking

So much can happen in one year that impacts the trucking industry. Fluctuating fuel prices, even small shifts, can strain a tight budget. Driver shortages and fierce competition to attract the best talent add to the struggles, but that’s not …

How to Maximize Your Freight Factoring Agreement Value

Saint John Capital has witnessed the importance of having an immediate cash flow within the trucking industry. Whether you’re an owner-operator or large fleet owner, having to wait 30, 60, or 90 days before payment is both stressful and detrimental …

ELD Exemptions in Freight Factoring Explained

Trucking fleets experience challenges every day. Some are easily resolved, but others take careful planning to avoid. The price of diesel and gas fluctuate, parts for necessary repairs may not be immediately available, and deliveries may be delayed due to …

Same-Day Payments: Competitive Edge for Trucking Companies

Threats of high tariffs that drop the number of ships coming into ports and ever-changing fuel and maintenance costs make it hard to build a strong cash flow. It’s worse in the leaner months when purchases slow down between holidays …

Our Top Tips for Hiring and Keeping New Truck Drivers

Over 55 million tons of freight move around the U.S. every day according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. All of this requires one of the hardest working groups that has workers in every state – truck drivers. When it …

Freight Factoring for Minority-Owned Trucking Companies

The trucking industry sees plenty of ups and downs. It’s also a tough business where you can go weeks or months between doing the work and getting paid. Financial stability is everything when it comes to making it in the …

How Freight Factoring Is Reshaping Trucking Industry

The trucking industry is the backbone of the economy, and it’s facing a lot of fluctuations right now. Tariffs are part of the problem, but consumer spending has shifted. After Target canceled its DEI programs, the store saw a decline …

What’s Next for Freight Factoring in 2025

Without freight factoring, companies within the transportation industry would be stuck with the old-fashioned cycle of invoicing a client. Many transportation workers waited for weeks to get paid, waited several more days for a payment to clear the bank, and …