{"id":791,"date":"2020-01-27T10:27:36","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T10:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unitedfinances.com\/blog\/?p=791"},"modified":"2020-03-03T16:56:20","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T16:56:20","slug":"why-take-up-small-business-line-of-credit-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unitedfinances.com\/blog\/why-take-up-small-business-line-of-credit-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Why take up small business line of credit in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nerdwallet.com\/assets\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Startup-Loans_ChildPage.png\" width=\"2520\" height=\"999\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is business line of credit?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A business line of credit(LOC) is lending money to a business owner with interest as fees. LOC is a dept financing, where owner\u2019s have to pay the money back over time. A line of credit is a revolving form of a loan, but it is different from traditional loan. It is depend from bank to bank, that line of credit will have fixed rate or variable rate of interest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In line of credit, maximum lending money is decided before, and the owner can borrow any amount of money within its maximum limit. And, the interest will only be applicable on the borrowed money only, which is what line of credit is.\u00a0 The<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/smallbusinesscapital.co\/business-line-of-credit\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">small business line of credit with Small Business Capital <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the most valuable way you can receive funding and not throway major share of your business out of your hands to run the business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other than business line of credit there are also other LOCs like Personal Line of Credit, Demand line of Credit etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here, is Why you should take up small business line of credit?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to get a business line of credit application?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The application processing time for a line of credit is easy but time taking. So, you can\u2019t afford anything wrong in paper work. It is best to prepare every document work before your application get declined.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here, are the required document required for approval of Line of Credit application-<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You need a business bank account(current account)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You need to submit your business licence, specially required to get business line of credit.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You need to show last two years, business financial statement with self-attested by the owner.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your bank transaction history or statement\u00a0 for last three months.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Your need to submit investment or deposit statement at other institute.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Government issued ID-proof, this will prove your nationality.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Income tax return statement<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How does business line of credit beneficial than business loan?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In line of credit you don\u2019t need to borrow full amount at a time. You can borrow small amount of money when you need it, and you only have to pay on the borrowed money only. It is beneficial for small business and new business, because you don\u2019t have to borrow large amount of money at once.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, you don\u2019t have to apply for multiple business loan every time. So, this saves your time from the <a href=\"\/how-to-get-a-loan\/\">complicated process of loan<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can even start a business with nothing with the help of unsecured LOC.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where can I apply for business line of credit in Canada?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Canada, you can go to any bank having line of credit service. It will be easiest job if you have already have account in that bank, if your don\u2019t have one you need to open first a business bank account. These are some of the popular banks in Canada-<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CIBC<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TD Bank<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RBC<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BMO<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why take up small business line of credit in Canada?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Line of credit is for business man and specially for small business. Let\u2019s see why\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Option to borrow money<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Line of credit is a good option for borrowing money. It is a new evolved form of loan made for benefits of business man.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have line of credit approval, you can borrow any amount of money within limit without much hesitation. Just like Credit card.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The difference with Credit Card is that Credit Card is available to all the people and the borrow limit is much less. Whereas, line of credit is for those doing business. The limit of money that can be borrowed from line of credit is much more than that of credit card.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Time saver<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once, you done with the paper work and you get approval. You then don\u2019t need to apply again and again like business loan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In loan, every time you borrow money you have to give proper document each time for approval. However, in line of credit it is a one time process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can borrow money with out wasting much time from bank with the help of line of credit. This can save you time as well as your business.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Access to fund is much easier in line of credit.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flexibility<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can borrow any amount of money, till the borrow limit any time. Line of credit provides flexibility which is a most important feature of it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And, you only need to pay interest on the borrowed money not on the total limit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In loan, you need to pay for the whole amount. But in line of credit you can take limited amount and pay interest on that only.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Security<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In business, you can\u2019t say when there will be the need of money. It gets difficult to manage money during that time there is need. If you have line of credit, you can borrow money without <a href=\"\/i-need-a-loan\/\">hesitation of another loan<\/a> or borrowing from others.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This provides security to the business man and promotes business man to take bold decision. You can use this line of credit to grow your business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In case of emergency, you can use this funds and solve the problem immediately. Thus, this keep a peace of mind for the business owner and its improves the living of the people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Low rate of interest<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rate of interest is not fixed for everyone, its varies from business to business. Your rate of interest depend on your credit history, your business performance and the bank you are dealing with. Rates of interest can be low as 6% or 10% depends on your business performance and your bank.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you can manage to get line of credit at low rates as possible, you can borrow money at very low interest. Also, you need to pay interest on the borrowed money only, so generally the interest is low if you manages to get line of credit at low rates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rate of interest is more for the unsecured LOCs.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Funding<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The start-up growing up, can take the help of the fund raised from the LOCs. There are both secured and unsecured LOCs available. This will help the potential start-ups to grow if the start-up failed to arrange funding.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, unsecured line of credit is difficult to get approval.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is business line of credit? A business line of credit(LOC) is lending money to a business owner with interest as fees. LOC is a dept financing, where owner\u2019s have to pay the money back over time. A line of credit is a revolving form of a loan, but it is different from traditional loan. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedfinances.com\/blog\/why-take-up-small-business-line-of-credit-in-canada\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why take up small business line of credit in Canada&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitedfinances.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitedfinances.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitedfinances.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitedfinances.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitedfinances.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=791"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitedfinances.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":861,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitedfinances.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791\/revisions\/861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitedfinances.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitedfinances.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitedfinances.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}