Banco Santander supports SMEs in the celebration of Go In Thessaloniki in Greece

To expand the portfolio of clients/suppliers abroad

Banco Santander participated in the annual Go In Thessaloniki event in November, due to the collaboration that exists with the Greek bank Eurobank, within the scope of the Trade Club alliance.

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From November 12 to 14, in Thessaloniki (Greece) About 200 gathered Greek export companies and 60 importers from more than 20 countries, including Spain. It is an event that focused on food industry in which around 3.000 previously scheduled B2B meetings were held, in addition to networking sessions. The objective of this event is that the SMEs leave with quality contacts to grow your portfolio clients/suppliers abroad.  

 

“In addition to accompanying our companies to the event, as we collect the interest of Greek companies in Spanish products and invite them to contact Spanish companies through the business community of our portal Santander Trade, our platform for Capabilities, where to detect and realize opportunities with real companies,” explains Antonio MolinaResponsible for Digital Innovation and International Business Strategy of Banco Santander.

 

Antonio Molina highlights the quality of the contacts generated for the SMEs in this business meeting because the preparation of the business agendas prior to the event is carried out in a “conscientious” manner, providing companies with at least meetings with 15-20 contacts of interest in their products. The greatest exponent of the success of this type of events, says the Bank manager Santander, is that "clients have closed agreements even during the event and that they have the desire to repeat in future editions."

 

 

Trade Club Alliance in its initial phase is one more step in generating value for Banco Santander clients, bringing together more than 12 international financial groups, which have a reach in more than 40 countries and make up more than 16.000 companies that already can do business through the platform

 

 

 

Trade Club Alliance

 

Santander launched the portal Santander Trade and Club in 2014, connecting business clients from all their geographies (14 countries: Argentina, China, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal, Poland and Spain), with the aim of providing quality contacts.

 

Trade Club Alliance In its initial phase, it is one more step in generating value for customers of Banco Santander, bringing together today more than 12 international financial groups, which have a reach in more than 40 countries and which today make up more than 16.000 companies that can now do business through the platform. Next to Santander and Eurobank, are part of this Nordea alliance, KBC, BPM Bank, IBK (Industrial Bank of Korea), Attijariwafa, SCB (Siam Commercial Bank), Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Credit Agricole, CIMB, Standard Bank and Royal Bank of Canada.

 

The value residing in the collaboration that exists between the different financial groups to provide a community of companies known to the banks and where quality of contacts is guaranteed so that through the Trade Club can contact companies from more than 40 countries and specify the terms of the international business operations.