On January 26th and 27th, the “Supply Chain Finance Summit” was held once again, BCR’s annual event where the latest trends in the sector are shown and where the leaders of the trade finance industry share their ideas.
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The importance of the SCF in times of crisis
Roberto Gutiérrez (CEO – Alvantia)
For the World Factoring Yearbook – BCR publication in association with FCI
Introduction
It is not easy to talk about tools to generate liquidity for companies and economic crises when the world is going through the worst pandemic that most of us have ever known. This article is being written in early April in Madrid, Spain which is quite clearly one of the places most affected by this situation.
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How trade finance helps companies during Coronavirus crisis?
From this forum of opinion and ideas, that is the Alvantia Blog, we would like to put forward our humble vision of the situation in which we are currently embroiled, and will continue to experience over the next few days and weeks. We will look at this in a strictly economic and financial context and particularly from the point of view of a simple analysis and forecast of what may happen in the coming months, specifically, the liquidity that the network of SMEs and the self-employed will need.
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Blockchain Technology and DLT in the financial sector
It’s a fact that there are new technological trends that are currently revolutionising the financial markets. The term Blockchain has become an everyday word in practically everyone’s vocabulary, as it refers to the technology being used by the banking sector to reinvent itself.
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Alvantia sponsors the V EU Factoring and Commercial Finance Summit
On 21 and 22 March, Lisbon played host to the V edition of the EU Factoring and Commercial Finance Summit, a key event in the Factoring and Commercial Finance industry in which Alvantia participated as Gold Sponsor.
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Decoding the sector’s future at the 34th AEF General Meeting
On 10 and 11 May, the Spanish Factoring Association (AEF) held its thirty-fourth General Meeting, an event sponsored by Alvantia, bringing together the main stakeholders in Commercial Financing in Spain, in order to showcase the sector’s activities. The Parador in Cádiz was the venue chosen for this year’s edition, which highlighted the sector’s favourable results in a year marked by economic growth and the 30th anniversary of the AEF. (more…)
Key aspects of the 18th edition of the RFIx convention
For the third year in a row, Alvantia has sponsored the Receivables Finance International Convention (RFIx), which took place this year on 14 and 15 March at the Royal Horseguards Hotel in London.
Fintechs: an introduction and analysis
What are Fintechs and how do they affect the consumers of financial products and services? Although the term has become popular in recent years, it originated two decades ago, when new Internet-based payment systems started to emerge. For example, Paypal, founded in 1998, has been considered as one of the first Fintechs.