“X10 Financial Services is an NBFC which targets the IT sector’s funding needs” - Karan Bhatia

With finance flow for organizations turning out to be the biggest nightmare for channel organizations, many are looking for various options for getting financed. With banks not being supportive for the channel sector, private funding firm, X10 financial services claims to be the only lender in the country focused on the IT industry’s financing requirements. In an interaction with DQ Channels, Karan Bhatia, CEO, X10 Financial services delineates his vision and future plans for X10 financial services.

What are the top 3 financial pain points of the Indian IT Distribution channel fraternity and how are you addressing them?

IT Distribution Business is a volume driven business and purchasing power is the most important factor in it. Purchasing Power is anyways linked to own equity and bank credit. So directly or indirectly, funding becomes the biggest pain point for this Industry.

There are very thin margins in IT Business and to have more and more of profit they need to do more business for which they need adequate working capital.

Sudden large orders and delay in collection also adds to the pressure on the partners.

All these problems are existent because of a lack of working capital. X10 Financial Services is the only NBFC which is focused on serving the IT Industry and we have customized our products to meet the financing requirements of the partners. We help resellers expand their business by providing them flexible growth capital. Our Industry knowledge allows us to serve them in an efficient manner and helping them with their requirement of additional capital

There are many financial institutions both banking and non-banking. In what ways you are different from the rest?

X10 Financial Services is the only NBFC which is targeting the financial needs of the IT Sector exclusively. Our Industry knowledge helps us understand and cater to their needs in a better way than other bank or financial institutions. Bank loans require collateral while X10 Financial Services Limited provides unsecured loans on the basis of the market reputation or credibility of the partner or the company. Bank loans involve tedious, time consuming paperwork while X10 utilizes technology to provide hassle-free and time saving applications. Moreover, utilisation Limits are regulated by banks while we provide them the freedom to utilize their Limits however they want.

What is your Funding model for various segments in the channel?

We basically cater to the needs of IT National Distributors (Tier 1 Distributors), Regional Distributors (Tier 2 Distributors) and Partners (Tier 3 Distributors) by providing them with extended credit period and the working capital solutions as per their specific requirements by providing the below mentioned products for the various Financial needs.

Purchase Invoice Financing- We Finance purchase of Inventory by regional Distributor, B2B partners from Tier 1 National Distributors and Tier 2 Regional Distributors of IT Products.

Vendor Financing – This product is somewhat similar to Purchase Invoice Financing but in this product Tier 1 Distributors purchase stock from Manufacturers/OEMs on extended Credit Period.

Project Financing- We Finance the project based orders placed by corporates and public Sector Undertaking on System Integrators and Tier 2 Distributors and the partners.

 What is your organization’s roadmap?

We are planning to launch more products to fulfill all types of financial needs of the various partners in the IT Industry under one roof. We will be the de-facto solution provider to serve to the financial needs of the IT Industry. We will soon be launching lease rental financing and receivable financing. We have already tied up with all the major IT Distributors and Resellers in the industry. Many more are in the pipeline. Our goal is to be the one stop shop for funding needs of IT distribution players.

How flexible is your transaction approach?

We are highly flexible in our approach in terms of financials and their assessment. We don’t go merely by numbers or Balance Sheets while taking funding decisions. We do consider the market credibility of the partners as well as their future potential and experience. We are not rigid in our approach at the time of considering any partner for funding.

In the technology side as well, we have our web portal or online dashboard in which you just need to upload your Invoice for getting it funded through X10 and we will provide you our assistance without following any lengthy and cumbersome procedures.

 Whenever any channel partner is looking for a loan, how he/she can approach X10?

 X10 can be reached out for any Financial Solutions and assistance at info@x10corp.com or whosoever wants to call us can reach out at (0124) 474-2280  or can log on to our website and register there as our executive will guide you regarding the setting up of the limit and will help you address your financial requirements.