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Michael BickersManaging Director, BCR PublishingMichael Bickers is Managing Director of BCR Publishing Ltd, a specialist publishing company dedicated to the provision of market information on areas of receivables finance including factoring and supply chain finance, through books, the Internet (trfnews.com) and global receivables finance conferences and seminars. He is author of twelve editions of Factoring in the UK, a market report and guide to the UK factoring industry, (1993 – 2008, 2nd and 3rd editions, published by HMSO, other editions BCR); Editor of twenty five editions of the World Factoring Yearbook (published annually by BCR since 1996 in association with FCI); Publisher of the European Trade Finance Yearbook 2012 (BCR in association with EBRD); Editor and joint author of A Review of Global Trade Finance and the Effects of the Current Financial Crises on Emerging Markets - a report commissioned by the World Bank, December 2008; Publisher of the World Supply Chain Finance Report 2010 – 2021; Chapter contributor of Factors and Actors (Peter Lang, 2018); Editor of Equipment Leasing in the UK (HMSO, 1995,1996).; Editor of Venture Capital in the UK (HMSO, 1996); Series Editor, International Business Intelligence Reports (published by the Stationery Office Ltd), 1997. His views, opinions and findings have been printed in leading newspapers and journals including The Financial Times, The Sunday Times, The Times, The Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Director Magazine, Accountancy Age, Business Age, Chartered Banker, Investors Chronicle and Export Today. |
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Paul FraserUK Sales Director, Specialist Finance, Bibby Financial ServicesPaul brings a wealth of experience in commercial and corporate funding. With an impressive education – a BSC Honours in International Corporate Banking and Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) Honours and 18 years at BFS – Paul has the knowledge and expertise to guide and support growing businesses with their financial needs. Paul supports the development of BFS’s Export, Trade, FX, construction, and recruitment finance solutions for UK businesses of all sizes and shapes. |
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Daniel HuszárHead of Sales, EFCOMDaniel Huszár is Head of Sales at efcom, a technology company focused on the receivables finance market. Coming from the business and distribution side of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Mr Huszár founded his own advertising agency, before joining efcom in 2012. As Head of Sales, he supports efcom's international business expansion, by defining a global marketing and sales strategy. Mr Huszár is a regular speaker at international conferences hosted by FCI, BCR Publishing and numerous European factoring associations. His main interest and driving force is to add value to the industry through insight about future technologies. |
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Peter MulroySecretary-General, FCIPeter Mulroy is Secretary General of FCI, the world’s largest network of factoring companies, with its headquarters in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Peter was previously Senior Vice President, International Regional Manager and Managing Director with CIT. He is a past Chairman of FCI, and has served on the FCI Executive Committee for over a decade. Peter has an MBA from Thunderbird, School of Global Management in Arizona. As Secretary General, Peter assists banks, regulators and governments in introducing the concept of and educating people about the role of factoring. He addresses audiences around the world on the subject of factoring and international trade and is generally regarded as an ambassador for the factoring industry. |
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Adam WilsonAssociate General Counsel, Global Head Receivables Finance and Supply Chain Finance Legal, HSBCSince 2015, Adam has been the global lead counsel for GHRF at HSBC. Prior to that he was lead counsel for HSBC’s UK receivables, equipment and supply chain finance business. Adam has been at HSBC since 2008, prior to which he worked in private practice in a national large law firm focused on finance litigation, acting for a variety of banks and financial institutions. Adam is qualified as a solicitor, and is qualified with higher rights of audience in the civil courts, in England and Wales. |
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HPD LendscapeCash flow is the lifeblood of a business and we work hard to support and improve SME finance globally, through technology partnerships, innovation, and collaboration. Award winning HPD LendScape is the world’s leading technology vendor for secure lending, currently deployed by over 100 lenders across the UK, EMEA, North America, APAC, and Sub-Saharan Africa. The LendScape team forms a blend of finance professionals, technology experts and developers. Our vision is to continue to develop new capabilities that offer an environment for supporting all secured business lending. LendScape is a cloud first business process management solution for factoring, invoice discounting, supply chain finance and asset finance. The platform streamlines banks' and lenders' systems and reduces risk, whilst cutting down on administration and speeds up ‘invoice to funding’ time. Our customer portfolio spans over 50 markets and includes some of the worlds’ greatest brands in finance. hpdlendscape.com |
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Efcomefcom is a leading provider of factoring software. We serve more than 40 renowned factoring institutes across eleven countries. We have 20 years of experience in the market. We consistently focus on our customers' needs: accuracy, transparency, speed, adaptability and safety play central roles in our applications. Our flagship product is the software ef3. It comprises many practice-oriented functions that can be sensibly supplemented by various modules. With efOnline, we offer customers a web-based application that permits highly efficient communication and comprises various practice-oriented features. ef3 works on the level of individual items and therefore has a particular data depth and accuracy. Our customers profit from a high processing speed. This combination of high precision and speed in mass data is unique in the area of factoring software. ef3 thereby enables essential productivity increases in factoring companies, and essentially increases their potential for success. It is a matter of course for us that we will ensure strong impulses around factoring software, based on the latest technologies in the future. We see great potential, e.g. in blockchain technology and in integration of artificial intelligence. We are already dealing intensely with both subjects. |
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TRF NewsIn a fast-changing world, trfnews, which is part of BCR, is designed to keep you up to date with the latest news and developments in factoring and supply chain finance. Stay informed about the impact of Covid 19, new senior appointments, mergers and acquisitions, the latest deals happening within the industry on global basis. |
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FCIFCI was set up in 1968 as a non-profit global association for factoring and receivables finance companies around the world. Today, FCI has grown into the world's representative factoring network and association with close to 400 members in 90 countries and member transactions representing nearly 90% of the world’s international correspondent factoring volume. In 2018, FCI added two business line: FCIreverse and Islamic International Factoring. Today, FCI is the global representative body for the factoring and receivables finance industry. FCI offers three major areas of activities: CONNECT: The business network supports cross-border factoring activities through which its members cooperate as export and import factors EDUCATE: FCI promotes and develops best practices in both domestic and international factoring and related Open Account Finance products INFLUENCE: FCI promotes and defends the Industry with stakeholders and policy makers worldwide |
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Channel CapitalChannel Capital is a London based but globally team technology-enabled business finance in an ever-changing world. Channel is an Alternative Investment Fund Manager, which deploy funds flexibly for corporate clients seeking working capital financing. Channel provides these funds as working capital for a wide array of businesses, including SMEs, medium and large cap corporates operating in global markets. What do we do? Trade Finance Funds: Flexible receivables, payables and inventory financing to companies and attractive returns to investors looking to diversify their portfolios. includes a Sharia-compliant structure. Receivables and Supply Chain Financing Programmes: Expertise in structuring single- or multi-debtor portfolio programmes, combined with bespoke technology solutions, help large corporates gain access to an alternative source of funding. Invoice Factoring for SMEs: web-based financing platform enables SMEs to access a reliable source of working capital to meet their growth targets and develop a better understanding of their liquidity and debtor management. |
