FORUM ALF 2018

Technological innovation as a growth factor for leasing, factoring and renting.

 

The Forum of the Portuguese Association of Leasing, Factoring and Renting (ALF), held last 8 May in Lisbon, brought to the discussion the theme "Technological Innovation and the Financial Sector - Challenges and Opportunities".

 

 

 

Asserting itself as the largest meeting of the specialized financing sector in Portugal, the event was attended by several experts who discussed some of the major issues that have determined and characterized the performance of the public and private sectors in the field of new technologies.

 

"The great novelty of the digital revolution is, above all, the responsiveness that companies have to their customers. In this sense, the specialized financing sector has as its main challenge the application of new digital solutions to its business models, in an efficient way ", revealed Paulo Pinheiro, president of ALF, opening the session with the guiding line of the forum.

 

This was followed by Hélder Rosalino, administrator of the Banco de Portugal and key-note speaker, who analyzed in detail how new technologies are changing the financial sector.

 

The panel discussion, moderated by Miguel Fernandes, PWC Advisory Partner, was attended by Pedro Duarte, President of the Strategic Council for the Digital Economy of CIP, Afonso Fuzeta Eça, co-founder of Raize, and José Morera, founder of Tech4fin - Algorithms for Finance.

 

  

 

Assuming the growth in the use of various technological solutions in everyday life, speakers also mentioned the fact that these have arisen practically all at the same time, which implied a rapid adaptation of companies and consumers, reflected in the investment in technology and in its application and training of teams. In this new paradigm, solutions such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics and intelligent mobility emerge as stimulants for the efficient and sustained growth of companies and organizations.

 

 

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