MCQ Which of the following statements is FALSE?

1. If a factoring arrangement is with recourse, the factor will pay the firm the amount due regardless of whether the factor receives payment from the firm's customers.

2. In a factoring of accounts receivable arrangement, the firm sells receivables to the lender (i.e., the factor), and the lender agrees to pay the firm the amount due from its customers at the end of the firm's payment period.

3. Businesses can also obtain short-term financing by using secured loans, which are loans collateralized with short-term assetsmost typically the firm's accounts payable or inventory.

4. Both the interest rate and the factor's fee vary depending on such issues as the size of the borrowing firm and the dollar volume of its receivables.

a. Statement 1.

b. Statements 1 and 3.

c. Statement 4.

d. Statements 2, 3 and 4.