ITFA is proud to announce the publication of its full White Paper on sustainable trade finance and African trade, following consultation with the industry on its positioning paper published in October 2022. Produced by the ITFA team and Kleos Advisory, this White Paper seeks to give an African voice to the evolving debate on sustainability […]
ITFA is proud to announce the publication of a positioning paper on sustainable trade finance and African trade. Produced by the ITFA team and Kleos Advisory, this paper seeks to give an African voice to the evolving debate on sustainability standards for trade. Africa’s trade finance gap continues to widen and it is essential that new standards do not prove unworkable for African traders and make access to trade finance even harder.
ITFIE looks forward to your feedback and inputs on this very important topic to build on this work further to collectively develop trade finance as an asset class. Please find here link for the survey (https://itfie2022.questionpro.eu/survey) to share your feedback or you may contact the authors as per details provided in the paper.
ITFA is proud to announce that it is releasing an in-depth guide to Structured Letters of Credit. These are instruments which provide substantial funding to trade in emerging markets, but have often attracted controversy because of a lack of understanding of what they are and what they are seeking to achieve.
The International Trade & Forfaiting Association (ITFA) and Trade Finance Global (TFG) have today launched their international trade finance guide, aimed at clarifying and defining standard definitions for trade finance products, as well as the risks, challenges and opportunities within trade finance.
Mapping the new fintech options to actual needs remains a challenge for many financial institutions, which is why the ITFA Fintech Committee developed the new guide. The guide highlights recent market trends, upcoming technology developments, key innovation ingredients, the ecosystem and describes each provider in a structured way.
ITFA has reviewed its guidelines on the structure and content for CRR compliant non-payment insurance policies, taking into account changes to English insurance law and also reflecting market developments following the implementation of the Insurance Act 2015 and other recent regulatory statements.
ITFA published a guide to accounting and legal issues under IFRS 9 for the trade receivables and supply chain finance industry. This is something that every trade and supply chain finance banker needs to know – ITFA is providing clarity for its members where precious little guidance exists.
ITFA in partnership with BAFT, and drafted by Sullivan & Worcester, has produced the new BAFT/ITFA MPA Legal Opinion. The Legal Opinion covers both the enforceability of the MPA and the manner in which it satisfies the CRR criteria.
We are calling on all prospective mentors and mentees to join the 2023 cohort of the ITFA Martin Ashurst Trade Finance Mentoring Scheme. Expressions of interest from prospective mentors and mentees should be submitted by 20th January 2023.
Despite global consensus on the importance of converting the paper-based Trade business into a digital format, there’s a bold contrast between the steps already taken by some regulators to accept the digital Trade instruments as enforceable documents, and others who are still relatively lagging behind.
Following the great response we have received in relation to the ITFA year-end Seminar and the ITFA Christmas Party taking place on Monday 05 December 2022, we regret to inform our esteemed members that registration for both events is closed. Should there be delegates who were not able to register on time, and are interested in attending, kindly let us know and we will put you down on a waiting list.
We invite you to a panel webinar on trade finance funds to be jointly held by ITFA and Fitch Ratings on November 29th at 2:00pm GMT. To register please click here.
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ITFA is a great platform for traditional and non traditional financiers active in the trade finance market to connect. The events create great opportunities to network and both share and discuss key developments and new market practices.
Christian Karam,ITFA allows us to connect with leading industry professionals old and new and fosters long term relationships through their events, committees and publications. Best practice is at the forefront of driving the sector forward, so too their continuous and effective efforts to encourage and support young talent in trade finance and forfaiting. The annual conference is the perfect mix of sharing ideas, building networks and getting to better know our industry colleagues in more informal settings.
Andrew Fairie,ITFA is a very powerful platform for a number of topics, including specific technical expertise, as well as representing our common interests and, equally important, to get to know a lot of very nice people with similar interests and goals.
Manuel López,We are honoured to be part of the ITFA’s family. ITFA represents the soul of our Trade and Forfaiting community. Thanks to ITFA, members are given, during our meetings, the opportunity to share and discuss their experience in the sector. For a Financial Institution like ourselves ITFA helps to connect and build relationships with other Institutions around the world and consequently open doors to new business opportunities.
Kurt Abrate,ITFA offers conciliation and arbitration services in cases of dispute where at least one member of the Association is involved. This service is of particular value in those cases where trade finance disputes arise. Whatever the case we invite you to get in touch.
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