ITFA News


ITFA Insurance Webinar – Synthetic Securitization – 12 June 2020

Monday, June 8th, 2020

The ITFA Insurance Committee is pleased to invite all our ITFA members to our third webinar during which we will explain to you another interesting field of cooperation between banks and insurance companies: Synthetic Securitization.

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ITFA GRC Webinar – E-signatures – 19 June 2020

Friday, June 5th, 2020

The ITFA German Regional Committee is pleased to invite ITFA members to an educational webinar on eSignatures.

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ITFA Americas Webinar: Multilaterals In The Time Of Corona Virus

Thursday, June 4th, 2020

Please join us for a live webinar alongside senior executives with extensive experience working with active multilaterals in Latin America. Featuring Hernan Narea of Banksville Partners and an ITFA Americas Board Member, and moderated by senior adviser Christopher Garnett, of ChuteCourt Asesores.

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ITFA Africa Regional Committee webinar

Thursday, June 4th, 2020

We are delighted to announce that the ITFA Africa Regional Committee will take our “virtual floor” on the 30th June at 2.00pm London / 3.00pm Cairo-Johannesburg, to discuss the impact of COVID and inherent challenges and opportunities for trade finance in Africa.

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ITFA webinar briefs – May 2020

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020

The ITFA Board through the support of regions and functions has organised a number of webinars for its members. Below is a brief on the webinars organised during the month of May.

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TFD Initiative – evolution of credit scoring using quantum computing

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2020

We are delighted to invite you to the next TFD Initiative webinar on the evolution of credit scoring using quantum computing. The session will be introduced by ITFA, WTO and ICC whilst Singapore Management University and Tradeteq will outline how new technologies further increase risk transparency in support of SME financing.

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DNI Initiative – China Systems Integrates Enigio’s Trace:original Document Technology

Tuesday, May 26th, 2020

First tangible result of the ITFA DNI initiative – complete and seamless creation of digital guarantees as initial use case of Enigio’s trace:original

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TFD Initiative: Asset Distribution – a macro-economic necessity

Monday, May 25th, 2020

We are delighted to share the latest white paper produced by Tradeteq as part of the Trade Finance Distribution (TFD) Initiative. This paper explains how trade finance distribution helps small businesses by bringing additional liquidity to the market.

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Webinar: The Impact Of COVID 19 On The Economies Of The US And Latin America – 19/20 May

Monday, May 18th, 2020

Please join ITFA Americas – in collaboration with FIBA and Chubb – for two informative webinar sessions from key industry experts to address the economic impacts of COVID 19, the political risk implications of the pandemic, the upcoming US elections and the regional impact on Latin America.

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Post DNI Initiative webinar

Thursday, May 14th, 2020

The ITFA Board and the ITFA Fintech Committee are delighted with the success of its very first educational DNI Initiative webinar which took place on Tuesday 12 May. Attended by many from around the globe, since we organised two sessions to ensure that everyone from the various time zones could join, the webinar was very informative and yet interactive.

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DNI Initiative webinar – Technology integration and Bank Guarantee use case

Thursday, May 14th, 2020

Following the release of the first deliverable of the DNI Initiative, the ITFA Fintech Committee is delighted to invite you to our second educational webinar taking place on Tuesday 19 May. Two sessions are planned for our global membership: one at 10am UK and a repeat webinar at 3pm UK time.

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ITFA / BAFT Guidance on Accommodation of LIBOR Transition in MPAs

Wednesday, May 13th, 2020

The ITFA Market Practice Committee (MPC) has been tracking developments with the phasing out of the LIBOR interest rate benchmark (as well as other term-based interbank reference rates) and would like to bring to Members’ attention some specific challenges posed to the wording of standardised MPAs which may arise during the transition period.

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