BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20260319T120000Z DTEND:20260319T140000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Global Trade Finance Event DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, March 19 | 8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. | Augusta\, GA\nGlobal Trade Finance: What It Is\, How It Works\, And The Benefits\n\nInternational trade is a driving force behind the global economy\, enabling the exchange of goods and services across borders and fostering worldwide growth and prosperity. Trade finance supports this system by helping importers and exporters mitigate financial risk providing exporters with timely payments or receivables under agreed terms\, while offering importers the credit needed to fulfill trade orders.\n\n\n\nIn today's environment\, minimizing supply chain disruptions\, ensuring business continuity\, and securing stable pricing and service are essential to maintaining long term viability and staying competitive and profitable.\n\n\n\nLearn practical strategies and insights from industry experts\, including Thomas Matthias\, Senior Vice President of the Global Trade Finance Group at Regions Bank\; Darrel Hulsey\, Director of the International Trade Center at UGA SBDC\; Susan Kintanar\, Regional Director at the U.S. Export Import Bank\; and Angela Johnson of Export Insurance Services\, Inc.\n\n\n\nTopics to include:\n\n\n Supply chain financing\n Identifying payment methods\n Accessing working capital\n Strategic solutions for your supply chain\n Building resilient supply chain models\n\n\nLocation:\n\nSnelling Center\n\n3165 Washington Road\n\nAugusta\, GA 30907\n\n\n\nSchedule:\n\nThursday\, March 19\, 2026\n\n8:00 a.m. | Registration and Breakfast\n\n8:45 a.m. | Program begins\n\n\n\nFor event registration\, please contact Frede Alspach via email at frede.alspach@regions.com or by phone at (843) 781-7036.\n\n\n\nSponsored by: Regions \n\n\n\nMember FDIC. 2026 Regions Bank. Regions and the Regions logo are registered trademarks of Regions Bank. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Thursday\, \;March \;19 \;| \;8:00 \;a.m. \;&ndash\; \;10:00 \;a.m. \;| \;Augusta\, \;GA

\nGlobal \;Trade \;Finance: \;What \;It \;Is\, \;How \;It \;Works\, \;And \;The \;Benefits
\nInternational trade is a driving force behind the global economy\, enabling the exchange of goods and services across borders and fostering worldwide growth and prosperity. Trade finance supports this system by helping importers and exporters mitigate financial risk&mdash\; providing exporters with timely payments or receivables under agreed terms\, while offering importers the credit needed to fulfill trade orders.
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\nIn today&rsquo\;s environment\, minimizing supply chain disruptions\, ensuring business continuity\, and securing stable pricing and service are essential to maintaining long term viability and staying competitive and profitable.
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\nLearn practical strategies and insights from industry experts\, including Thomas Matthias\, Senior Vice President of the Global Trade Finance Group at Regions Bank\; Darrel Hulsey\, Director of the International Trade Center at UGA SBDC\; Susan Kintanar\, Regional Director at the U.S. Export Import Bank\; and Angela Johnson of Export Insurance Services\, Inc.
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\nTopics \;to \;include:\n\n\n\n

Location:
\nSnelling \;Center
\n3165 \;Washington \;Road
\nAugusta\, \;GA \;30907
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\nSchedule:
\nThursday\, \;March \;19\, \;2026
\n8:00 \;a.m. \;| \;Registration \;and \;Breakfast
\n8:45 \;a.m. \;| \;Program \;begins
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\nFor \;event \;registration\, \;please \;contact \;Frede \;Alspach \;via \;email \;at \;frede.alspach@regions.com \;or \;by \;phone \;at \;(843) \;781-7036.
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\nSponsored \;by: \;Regions \;
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\nMember \;FDIC. \;©\; \;2026 \;Regions \;Bank. \;Regions \;and \;the \;Regions \;logo \;are \;registered \;trademarks \;of \;Regions \;Bank. \;

\n LOCATION:Snelling Center 3165 Washington Road Augusta\, GA 30907 UID:e.291.24608 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260416T033927Z URL:https://business.columbiacountychamber.com/events/details/global-trade-finance-event-03-19-2026-24608 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR