Factoring Companies Trade Associations

American Factoring Association (AFA)

U.S. advocacy and lobbying body for the factoring industry; 2025 member/sponsor roll shows at least 85 organizations supporting its work educating policymakers in Washington, D.C.

https://www.americanfactoring.org Membership: 85

Asociación Española de Factoring (AEF)

Spain’s sector association for factoring and confirming; currently composed of 22 full, 5 partial and 9 adherent members (36 total) and representing over 95% of Spanish market activity.

https://factoringasociacion.com Membership: 36

Asociación Mexicana de Factoraje Financiero y Actividades Similares (AMEFAC)

Mexico’s national factoring association founded in 1988; 17 associated members (15 financial institutions and 2 SOFOMES) that together operate about 90% of Mexico’s factoring.

https://www.factoraje.com.mx Membership: 17

Asociación Peruana de Factoring (APEFAC)

Peru’s industry association for factoring providers; organizes the National Factoring Congress and counts 18 associated companies as of 2024.

https://apefac.com Membership: 18

Asociația Română de Factoring (Romanian Factoring Association, ARF)

Romania’s factoring industry association established in 2011; founding membership comprised 12 banks and NBFIs and the association publishes market statistics (e.g., €9.4bn volume in 2024).

https://asociatiadefactoring.ro Membership: 12

Assifact – Associazione Italiana per il Factoring

Italy’s national factoring association; membership includes 32 banks/intermediaries and 13 service firms (45 total) and is a founder member of the EUF.

https://www.assifact.it Membership: 45

Australian Finance Industry Association (AFIA)

Australia’s peak finance industry body representing more than 135 members, including providers of invoice/debtor finance and other working-capital solutions.

https://www.afia.asn.au Membership: 135

Austrian Factoring Association (Österreichischer Factoring-Verband, ÖFV)

Austria’s factoring association (ÖFV), founded in 1991 to promote and develop factoring; current member list shows four bank members.

https://www.factoring-verband.at Membership: 4

Czech Factoring Association (Asociace factoringových společností, AFS)

Industry group for Czech factoring providers; press materials list six bank factors and four credit insurers among its members (10 total); factoring is coordinated alongside ČLFA.

https://www.clfa.cz Membership: 10

Deutscher Factoring-Verband e.V. (DFV)

Germany’s national factoring association; reports 45 member companies covering ~98% of the organized German market and tracks sector turnover (e.g., €398.8bn in 2024).

https://www.factoring.de Membership: 45

Empresas de Servicios Financieros A.G. (EFA) – Chile

Chilean trade association grouping non‑bank financial companies; for factoring specifically, the association reports 21 non‑bank factoring entities as members.

https://efa.cl Membership: 21

EU Federation for the Factoring and Commercial Finance Industry (EUF)

EU‑level federation for the factoring and commercial finance industry, hosted by FCI; comprises 15 national and 1 international association, representing more than 200 providers across Europe.

https://euf.eu.com Membership: 200

Factors Chain International (FCI)

Global representative body and network for receivables finance and factoring, with close to 400 members in 90+ countries providing two‑factor and reverse factoring solutions.

https://fci.nl Membership: 400

Hellenic Factors Association (HFA)

Greece’s national factoring association; the official member list shows seven member institutions (including Eurobank Factors, NBG Factors, Piraeus Factoring, Optima, ABC, Pancreta and BFF).

https://www.hellenicfactors.gr Membership: 7

International Factoring Association (IFA)

The largest global association dedicated to factoring companies and bank‑owned factors; lists more than 450 corporate members and offers training, advocacy and benchmarking.

https://www.factoring.org Membership: 450

International Trade and Forfaiting Association (ITFA)

Worldwide trade finance body that includes banks and non‑banks active in forfaiting, receivables finance and supply chain finance; membership reached close to 400 institutions in 2024.

https://itfa.org Membership: 400

National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB)

UK’s trade body for commercial finance brokers (including invoice finance and ABL specialists); recorded 1,338 member firms by year‑end 2024.

https://nacfb.org Membership: 1,338

Polish Factors Association (Polski Związek Faktorów, PZF)

Poland’s factoring association; media and association data indicate 4 banks, 20 specialist firms and 6 partners (30 total) under the PZF umbrella.

https://faktoring.pl Membership: 30

Secured Finance Network (SFNet)

U.S. association for secured finance including factoring and ABL; counts nearly 300 member companies and a community of 20,000+ professionals with 22 chapters.

https://www.sfnet.com Membership: 300

Turkish Financial Institutions Association (Finansal Kurumlar Birliği, FKB)

Turkey’s umbrella association for leasing, factoring, financing, asset‑management and savings‑finance companies; represents 125 member companies across the non‑bank finance sectors (membership mandatory by law for licensed firms).

https://www.fkb.org.tr Membership: 125