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by RobKanda 1916 days ago
Whilst some outside financing is available, for the general contractor the ability to offer 0% finance just isn't there. Kanda provides these contractors the ability to offer this and compete with larger companies. Rather nicely, the agreements that both parties sign on our finance products actually achieve what you’re asking for: the customer signs a satisfactory note on completion of the work (assuming they’re happy) which allows the release of funds.

For customers, however, we do know that an issue can be that work isn't completed to the standard you expect. One of the products Kanda hopes to bring to market soon is a secure holding account to arbitrate payments, allowing upfront payment with tranches released on milestones being completed, pretty much exactly as you've explained above, to hold both parties to agreements.