Welcome to the latest edition of FCI's In-Sight Newsletter.
In this edition, FCI Chairwoman Daniela Bonzanini explains how FCI is preparing to further support its members and the new forward-thinking strategic plan for the next two years.
Peter Mulroy, Secretary General, speaks about the rise of receivables exchanges, the working group on Receivable Finance as an Investable Asset Class and the impact of technology on this subject.
The connect section starts with Lin Hui, Regional Director North East Asia reminding the importance to go back to basics and create a synergy amongst the members to help more companies with financing.
Ciprian Radu, Manager Business and IT Solutions explains the final stages of the Edifactoring 2.0 project that is today at its testing phase.
Nassourou Aminou, Regional Manager Africa reports on the recent Inter-African Trade Fair (IATF) where FCI was present and took the opportunity to promote factoring.
Meet with FCI Directors is the first instalment of a series of interviews of FCI front office representatives to allow you to get to know our representatives better.
The new addition of members is presented: Bien Finans, GPB-Factoring, RIFSO and Solidarity Welcome Bank.
In the education section, Aysen Cetintas reminds the importance of managing cash flow in Supply Chain Financing. Spyros Tsolis reports on the regional webinars organised since the latest issue of this publication: Greater China Webinar, Saudi Arabia Training Webinar in cooperation with GTR and the Latam Webinar on Sales and Business Development.
In the Influence section, Betül Kurtulus, Regional Director CEE, SEE and the Middle East tells on the quick recovery of the global economic activity during the crisis. She highlights the risk of inflation and the need for the industry to meet and discuss that brough the decision to organise a European Continental Factoring Conference early next year.
Thompson Lui, Regional Manager South and South East Asia presents the implication of the 32 countries removing China from GSP.
Finally, the traditional article FCI Spreading its wings gives us an overview of the meetings and partner events that took place since the August edition.
This edition is packed full of interesting articles and key industry insights, we hope you enjoy the reading.