{"id":5365,"date":"2021-10-25T13:13:41","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T12:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alvantia.com\/?p=5365"},"modified":"2021-12-24T10:34:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T09:34:30","slug":"the-spanish-factoring-association-celebrates-its-general-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alvantia.com\/en\/the-spanish-factoring-association-celebrates-its-general-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"The Spanish Factoring Association celebrates its General Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">On 21 and 22 October, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.factoringasociacion.com\/\"><strong>Spanish Factoring Association<\/strong><\/a> (AEF) held its thirty-nine General Meeting in Granada. Once again, Alvantia sponsored this event, which brings together the main players in the <strong>commercial finance<\/strong> industry in Spain.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The Meeting was opened by\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alma-maria-abad-irazusta-48a78431\/\">Al<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alma-maria-abad-irazusta-48a78431\/\">ma Mar\u00eda Abad<\/a><\/strong>, chairwoman of the AEF, who highlighted the healthy state of <strong>Factoring and Confirming<\/strong> operations in our country. According to Abad, they increased<strong>\u00a06,31 percent<\/strong> in the first semester, with a <strong>total volume of loans managed<\/strong> (the sum of Factoring and payment orders) of <strong>\u20ac132,900 millions.<\/strong> &#8220;Our activity has been, and is, the most appreciated and significant formula of the spanish market for the management, financing and risk coverage of the companies&#8221; said the chairwoman.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nuria-bustamante-mart%C3%ADnez-70a755143\/\">Nuria Bustamante<\/a><\/strong>, Senior Economist at Caixabank, closed the first day of the meeting by analyzing the challenges that the Spanish economy has had to face during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">During the second day of the event, the news about the <strong>InBLOCK project<\/strong>, a Blockchain platform that will allow the development of key operational processes for the Factoring and Confirming activity in Spain, were presented. Managed by the AEF, this platform will <strong>help to reduce the risk of fraud and increase operational efficiency in the Factoring activity<\/strong>, as well as expand the access of Spanish SMEs to commercial financing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alvantia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/aef.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alvantia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/aef.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"759\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Following on, Roberto Guti\u00e9rrez, CEO of <span style=\"font-family: alvantia; color: #ba0c00;\">Alvantia<\/span>, had the opportunity to introduce the company&#8217;s services, focused his presentation in the innovation of water management in Al-Andalus. Through original comparisons and metaphors, he was able to highlight the two main Alvantia&#8217;s values: <strong>knowledge and innovation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">On the other hand, the AEF members discussed the <strong>inclusion of Factoring and Confirming products in the European &#8220;Next Generation&#8221; Funds<\/strong>. The AEF has held meetings with the Secretar\u00eda General del Tesoro and the Instituto de Cr\u00e9dito Oficial (ICO) in order to include their products in the measures taken during the pandemic period, so that this can help Spanish companies to continue with their activity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alvantia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/monica.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5358\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alvantia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/monica.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"758\" height=\"569\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The last session was moderated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/m%C3%B3nica-mart%C3%ADn-blanco-3ba51017\/\"><strong>M\u00f3nica Mart\u00edn<\/strong><\/a> and included the participation of\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ACoAAARvNIYB1t8UlKgvd8FYKFKDT6WXE-UJvck\" data-attribute-index=\"0\" data-entity-hovercard-id=\"urn:li:fs_miniProfile:ACoAAARvNIYB1t8UlKgvd8FYKFKDT6WXE-UJvck\" data-entity-type=\"MINI_PROFILE\">Jon Bara\u00f1ano Gavi\u00f1a<\/a><\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ACoAAAHQykQBF38LYnwExS_vdLPrBhUqljlidVg\" data-attribute-index=\"2\" data-entity-hovercard-id=\"urn:li:fs_miniProfile:ACoAAAHQykQBF38LYnwExS_vdLPrBhUqljlidVg\" data-entity-type=\"MINI_PROFILE\"><strong>Nieves Gonz\u00e1lez Ferreiro<\/strong>,<\/a> experts who analyzed the present and the future of <strong>International Factoring<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 21 and 22 October, the Spanish Factoring Association (AEF) held its thirty-nine General Meeting in Granada. 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