Parliament has passed the Factoring Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 with the Rajya Sabha approving it recently. The bill has already been passed by the Lok Sabha.
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The bill seeks to amend the Factoring Regulation Act, 2011 to widen the scope of entities which can engage in factoring business.
Factoring business is a business where an entity acquires the receivables of another entity for an amount.
Factor can be a bank, a registered non-banking financial company or any company registered under the Companies Act.