Freight Factoring for New Authority Carriers
Factoring is underwritten on your brokers' credit, not your operating history. That is why you can qualify in week one.
New authority is the point where financing is hardest and factoring is most useful. Banks price on your history, of which you have none. Factors price on the credit of the brokers you haul for, which is why day-one approval is normal in this industry.
What you need
- Active MC authority and a DOT number
- Certificate of insurance meeting the factor's minimums
- A W-9 and a business bank account
- Signed BOL and rate confirmation per load
- A clean UCC position — no other lender holding first position on your receivables
What is different for a new authority
Expect tighter terms than an established carrier: a lower advance rate, stricter broker approval, sometimes a higher discount rate for the first months. These usually improve after a payment history exists. Ask explicitly whether terms are reviewed at 90 or 180 days and get the answer in writing.
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Brokers and new authorities
Many brokers apply a minimum authority age — commonly six months — before they will book you. This is a separate obstacle from factoring and it is often the real constraint on a new carrier's first quarter. Your factor's broker network and credit-check tooling matter more here than anywhere else, because your load options are already narrow.
The trap to avoid
Do not sign a long-term agreement in week one because it was the first approval you received. New authorities are frequently offered terms that are fine at day one and poor at month six, on agreements that auto-renew. Take the month-to-month option even at a slightly higher rate, then renegotiate once you have a payment history to bargain with.
How to read the blanks on this site
Every populated figure on this site was read from the company's own published pages, with the source and date attached. Where a cell says Not published, the company does not put that term in writing on its site — and in a market where the contract matters more than the headline rate, what a factor declines to publish is often the more useful signal. We never fill a gap with an estimate.
| Company | Advertised rate | Also publishes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| RTS Financialrtsinc.com | Not published | Nothing published | Publishes nothing |
| OTR Solutionsotrsolutions.com | Not published | Non-recourse · Operator-reported 4.75% | Sourced |
| Apex Capitalapexcapitalcorp.com | Not published | Non-recourse options · No long-term contracts · Minimum: None (no volume minimums) | Sourced |
| Bobtailbobtail.com | Negotiable, max 3.24% | No long-term commitment (first 90 days) | Sourced |
| eCapitalecapital.com | 1%–5% or more (own published range) | Recourse and non-recourse | Sourced |
| Thunder Fundingthunderfunding.com | Not published | Non-recourse offered | Sourced |
| Triumph Business Capitaltriumphpay.com | Not published | Nothing published | Sourced |
| TBS Factoringtbsfactoring.com | Not published | Non-recourse offered | Sourced |
| TAFStafs.com | Not published | Nothing published | Publishes nothing |
| Denimdenim.com | Not published | Nothing published | Publishes nothing |
| HaulPaycomfreight.com | Not published | Nothing published | Publishes nothing |
| WEX Fleet Onewexinc.com | Not published | Nothing published | Publishes nothing |
| Porter Freight Fundingporterfreightfunding.com | Not published | Nothing published | Publishes nothing |
| American Receivableamericanreceivable.com | From 0.8% | Advance Up to 95% · Recourse and non-recourse · No long-term contracts · Minimum: None (no monthly minimums or maximums) | Sourced |
| AltLinealtline.sobanco.com | Not published | Recourse and non-recourse | Sourced |
| Quickpay Fundingquickpayfunding.com | Not published | Advance 80%–98% · Minimum: None (no monthly or volume minimums) | Sourced |
| Outgo (DAT)dat.com | Not published | Minimum: None — no minimums, no reserves, no sign-up costs | Sourced |
| Riviera Financerivierafinance.com | Not published | Non-recourse (full-service) | Sourced |
| Single Point Capitalsinglepointcapital.com | Not published | Recourse and non-recourse | Sourced |
| England Logisticsenglandlogistics.com | Not published | Nothing published | Publishes nothing |
| Summar Financialsummar.com | Not published | Non-recourse + credit guarantee (“Summar Shield”) | Sourced |
| 1st Commercial Credit1stcommercialcredit.com | 0.69%–1.59% | Nothing published | Sourced |
| Interstate Capitalinterstatecapital.com | Not published | Nothing published | Publishes nothing |
| Tetra Capitaltetracapital.com | Not published | No long-term contracts | Sourced |
| OTR Capitalotrcapital.com | Not published | Non-recourse (“true non-recourse”) | Sourced |
| Compass Funding Solutionscompassfunding.com | Not published | Nothing published | Publishes nothing |
| Integrity Factoringintegrityfactoring.com | Low flat rate (figure not published) | Nothing published | Sourced |
| Phoenix Capital Groupphoenixcapitalgroup.com | Not published | Non-recourse · Operator-reported 1.0% | Sourced |
19 of 28 companies publish at least one verifiable term. Everything shown was read from the company's own pages on 2026-07-29 — hover a Sourced tag for the exact page. “Publishes nothing” means exactly that: the company puts no rate, advance, recourse or contract term in writing publicly. In this market that is the norm rather than the exception, and it is the reason a comparison table cannot pick your factor on its own. How collection works →