On 4 December, Alvantia attended the Degree Award Ceremony for the 2018/2019 academic year held at the Campus Sur auditorium of the Polytechnic University of Madrid, opened by the chancellor of the UPM, Guillermo Cisneros.
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Alvantia studies the current status of Confirming at its 4th Working Breakfast with the AEF
On November 21st , Alvantia held its now traditional Working Breakfast at the Hotel Intercontinental with the Spanish Factoring Association (AEF). It is an informative event which aims to contribute to the development of the Factoring and Confirming industry.
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Meta algorithms and base models in Machine Learning
A traditional, basic approach in the problems of machine learning is to use a single determined algorithm or model in the implementation of a valid solution. This traditional method is based on creating a pipeline of all the processes that are covered by the development of this algorithm.
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Alvantia participates in AMEFAC’s 11th Annual Convention
On September 26, the Mexican Factoring Association (AMEFAC) held its 11th annual convention, which brought together the sector’s main representatives from around the world. Different companies, authorities and institutions involved in factoring addressed topics related to global trends in its regulations, international experience, legal framework, macroeconomic perspectives, new markets, as well as funding alternatives.
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Finalbion, at the forefront of innovation after implementing the Alvantia commercial financing software platform
Since September 1st, Fintech Finalbion moves to the avant-garde on innovation after implementing the Alvantia commercial financing platform into its own systems, backing up its disruptive business model with the most innovative technological solution on the market. Finalbion, who specializes in the financing of working capital, now operates under Alvantia platform, which has been implemented with huge success by Alvantia’s team and will be used by Finalbion from now on to manage their receivables and payables services, among others.
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Top Secret Rosies: six cool programmers
As we know, women currently have very little presence in technology companies. However, recent studies show that companies would yield a much greater profit if they were to achieve equality: for example, if the UK were to increase the number of women to 30%, its economy would grow by 11 billion.
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What risks does a Fintech run when publishing insecure web applications and how can it protect itself?
Imagine that one day the clients of a small firm in the financial sector, whose products operate and are contracted online, cannot access their accounts, make transfers or even access the website. And they encounter the theft of their money, fraudulent use of their cards, movements of money to unknown recipients or misuse of their personal data. Without a doubt, the company would run the risk of incurring very high costs in order to deal with the claims, investigate what happened, repair the damage caused, restore operations, compensate for damages to third parties, regain the trust of its customers, etc.
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Introduction to Machine Learning
You have almost certainly heard about Machine Learning lately, and that is because this scientific discipline is being applied to more and more fields. This is due to two main reasons: great technological progress, especially the computing capacity, and the large amount of data that we currently have.
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The AEF confirms the relentless growth of the sector at its 36th General Meeting
On 25 and 26 April, the Spanish Factoring Association (AEF) held its thirty-sixth General Meeting at the emblematic Hotel Carlton in Bilbao. Once again, Alvantia sponsored this event, which brings together the main players in the commercial finance industry in Spain.
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