On March 25th and 27th, Alvantia once again participated in the Factoring Road Show, an event organized by Learning Editions Conference, which was held in Lima and Bogota, respectively. (more…)
Factoring and Confirming sector in Spain reaches 266,652 million euros in 2024
According to the latest data provided by the Spanish Factoring Association, 266,652 million euros were financed through Factoring and Confirming last year, a slightly lower amount than in the previous year, 2023 , and representing a slight year-on-year decrease of 1.38%. (more…)
Alvantia participates in the webinar “Factoring and Confirming in Spain and its comparison with LATAM”
Last Thursday, Alvantia participated in the webinar Factoring/Confirming in Spain and its comparison with LATAM, organized by the Latin American Factoring Federation (FELAFAC) and the Spanish Factoring Association (AEF) in collaboration with Learning Editions Conference. (more…)
Open Banking: Factoring applications
Last Wednesday, July 26th, we had the opportunity to participate in an interesting webinar on the use of Open Banking in Factoring, in which different experts analyzed the benefits that access to new data on consumers can generate in the industry. (more…)
The unstoppable evolution of Factoring in Colombia
A few years ago, Factoring in Colombia was a non regulated activity and its reputation was not very good (in some cases, it was even related with a lack of financial health). These conditions made the development of this product very difficult. In fact, as it is said in Actualícese, less than a 5% of SMEs accesed to this financial tool in 2019. (more…)
The Spanish Factoring Association celebrates its General Meeting
On 21 and 22 October, the Spanish Factoring Association (AEF) held its thirty-nine General Meeting in Granada. Once again, Alvantia sponsored this event, which brings together the main players in the commercial finance industry in Spain. (more…)
Spanish factoring and confirming showed resilience in 2020
Roberto Gutiérrez (CEO – Alvantia)
For the World Factoring Yearbook – BCR publication in association with FCI
Just over a year ago in April 2020, Spain was in the throes of the first wave of the pandemic and plunged into a state of economic semi-paralysis. The vast majority of companies were closed, people were working remotely and the figures for unemployment, furloughs and temporary redundancy plans were growing each day. It seemed as if, to add insult to injury, an economic virus was following in the footsteps of the coronavirus.
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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Key takeaways from the 19th Receivables Finance International Convention
For the fourth consecutive year, Alvantia has participated, as Gold Sponsor, in the Receivables Finance International Convention (RFIx), a key event in the trade finance sector that this year celebrated its nineteenth edition at the Marriott Grosvenor Square Hotel in London. (more…)
