The main source of the growth has been that more accounts receivable finance companies have become more comfortable with freight broker factoring. With transportation factoring becoming more competitive, the factoring companies have looked to new ways to work within an industry that they understand. While the demand has always been there, transportation broker finance has just recently started offering additional perks that have made factoring desirable for more than just the cash flow aspect of invoice factoring. So what are these benefits that smaller and start up freight brokers are taking advantage of?