In reverse factoring, a factor - oftentimes a bank - finances a supplier's receivables at the request of the buyer company. To what advantage? The buyer can extend the payment periods vis-à-vis the factor as intermediary and, in this way, seemingly create liquidity.
This creates a conflict, though: financial debt is taken on without it needing to be classified as such.
Read the entire commentary in Börsen-Zeitung here (in German only):
Reverse Factoring - A Crisis Accelerator?, published on 7 July 2020 in Börsen-Zeitung