Within the commercial lending industry, different forms of financing are measured by characteristics related to the loan. Invoice factoring companies measure the deal by the monthly amount of funding required by the borrower. One of the early questions raised by the factor will be, how much accounts receivable do you have outstanding currently, and how much will you generate monthly on an ongoing basis. By knowing the monthly volume, a factoring company can gauge the size and scope of the receivable factoring needs. This informs the proposal process and pricing of the invoice factoring transaction. Generally the greater the monthly volume of factoring to be requested, the lower the cost of funding.