Intesa Sanpaolo and Deloitte for the internationalization of SMEs

Intesa Sanpaolo continues its commitment to support companies, in the post-Covid period. After the announcement of the new IMI Corporate & Investment Banking division, which will deal in particular with the internationalization of companies, the novelty of the Smart International Tour has also arrived on this subject, the series of webinars aimed at corporate customers of Intesa Sanpaolo's Banca dei Territori, will take place from the end of June in collaboration with Monitor Deloitte, the strategic consulting division of Deloitte, world leader in the professional services sector for businesses. A 20-stop tour that includes the involvement of about 400 SMEs from all over the country, to accompany them towards an international recovery path.

The first meetings will focus on 5 areas of interest and outlets for Intesa Sanpaolo customers, such as the USA, China, France, Germany and Romania and will see the involvement respectively of the HUB branch in New York, the Shanghai branch, the Paris branch, the Frankfurt branch and Intesa Sanpaolo Bank Romania, together with an introductory speech by Monitor Deloitte and the experts of the Deloitte International Network. The Banca dei Territori, led by Stefano Barrese, intends with this initiative to propose a new tool to support the internationalization of over 200.000 small and medium-sized Italian business customers from all over the country and will see the direct involvement of the Italian network and all the regional departments of the group, as well as the abroad (foreign branches and banks of the Intesa Sanpaolo group).

After all, the bank, through its widespread foreign network in about 40 countries made up of branches, representative offices and subsidiary banks, is able to guarantee the necessary support to small and medium-sized enterprises. “The goal of this initiative – he commented Anna Roscio, head of the Intesa Sanpaolo Business Sales & Marketing Department -, which follows a further recent strengthening of the structures dedicated to supporting the internationalization of SMEs with the introduction of dedicated specialists, is to provide corporate customers with a perspective on the markets and an overview of the products and services of the Group's foreign network, strengthening continuity of the support that the Bank guarantees to companies in Italy and abroad, also in light of the current context of the Covid-19 emergency and the expected impacts at a socio-economic level will in fact frame all the meetings".

“Intesa Sanpaolo – continued Roscio – provides companies with a complete range of financial instruments in support of international trade such as, for example, international cash management services to optimize corporate treasury and trade finance with the support of dedicated specialists, as well as forms of financing and subsidies connected to the measures activated to deal with the recovery after the health emergency".

Still today and still on the business support front, the news also arrived that Intesa Sanpaolo Assicura, the insurance division of the banking group, is launching the new collective accident policy for companies. Thanks to this tool, companies will be able to provide their employees with a corporate welfare system in the event of an accident, during professional and non-professional activities. In fact, if on the one hand accidents at work tend to decrease, thanks to prevention measures and attention to the safety of workers, on the other the cases of accidents in the course of non-professional activities (at home, or during sporting activities).

With better risk management, companies will be able to benefit from greater employee loyalty and will be able to invest with greater serenity, to grow themselves and contribute to the economic recovery of the country. The product, which will be distributed through Banca dei Territori branches, is dedicated to companies that intend to insure one or more entire categories of workers and collaborators from the risk of injury, also in compliance with the provisions of the National Labor Contracts (CCNL) and the Supplementary Contracts (CIA).