External sources, are the capital arranged from outside the business, unlike retained earnings which are internally generated out of the activity of a business.
External sources of finance are equity capital, preferred stock, debentures, term loans, venture capital, leasing, hire purchase, trade credit , bank overdraft , factoring etc.
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