Friday, January 22nd, 2016

As part of the Board’s efforts to provide more to its members, ITFA is pleased to announce that it has reached another agreement with eBSI Export Academy, which ITFA members can benefit from, when enrolling for the Online Distance Learning program called the International Trade Specialist (ITS) Accreditation program.

Monday, January 18th, 2016

The ITFA German Regional Committee (GRC) is organizing a presentation of the ITFA Insurance Committee on Thursday April 21, 2016 in Frankfurt am Main. The event is for ITFA Members only with a maximum of 3 market participants per Member attending. Access will be restricted to confirmed guests only. The presentation will be followed by the Annual Stammtisch.

Thursday, January 7th, 2016

First and foremost, the ITFA Board would like you wish you a Happy New Year and all the very best for 2016. As announced during our AGM in Dubai earlier this year, and further reinforced during the Christmas Cocktail Party in London, ITFA is committed to ensuring Trade Finance as a key enabler of world trade […]

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2015

In collaboration with Sullivan & Worcester, ITFA is pleased to invite you to yet another Trade Finance Breakfast Seminar entitled “Ten Pointers for Trade Finance in 2016”. This seminar is going to be held on Thursday 21st January 2016, at Pinners Hall, London, UK. Registration and breakfast are at 8:15 am followed by the seminar from 8:45 till 10:00 am.

Thursday, December 17th, 2015

The ITFA Board is pleased to announce that following its recent agreement with Trade & Export Finance (TXF), ITFA has managed to provide more for its members for yet another event organised by TXF. ITFA members are being offered 2 registrations at 50% discount each to attend the TXF Singapore 2016: Trade, Treasury and Commodity Finance. In addition, […]

Monday, November 16th, 2015

As part of the Board’s efforts to provide more to its members, ITFA is pleased to announce that it has recently reached yet another interesting agreement, this time with a leading provider of qualifications to the global trade finance sector; ifs University College is the university college for financial education.  ifs University College works closely with the industry in the […]

Thursday, November 12th, 2015

In collaboration with Sullivan & Worcester, ITFA is pleased to invite you to yet another Trade Finance Breakfast Seminar titled “The effect of commercial contracts and other third party agreements on trade finance transactions”. This seminar is going to be held on Tuesday 8th December, at Pinners Hall, London, UK. Registration and breakfast are at 8:15 am followed by the seminar from 8:45 till 10:00 am.

Monday, November 9th, 2015

Following another agreement entered into between ITFA and IBC, we are delighted to inform you that we have managed to negotiate yet another very attractive deal for our ITFA members.

Thursday, October 29th, 2015

The Association of Forfaiters in Switzerland (VEFI) and ITFA would like to invite you to the VEFI Christmas Cocktail 2015. This event is being held in Zurich on Thursday, 03 December from 17:30 hrs till 20:00 hrs. To view the formal invite, please click here.

Monday, October 26th, 2015

The ITFA Board is pleased to announce that it has recently reached an agreement with Nimai Management Consultants Limited, a financial and management advisory services firm serving Bangladeshi clients and banks for the last 5 years. Nimai is organizing the Asian Banking Summit 2015 in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 3rd and 4th November 2015 titled – Evolving Paradigms in Risk Management.

Thursday, October 22nd, 2015

In collaboration with Sullivan & Worcester, ITFA is pleased to invite you to yet another Trade Finance Breakfast Seminar entitled “Learning to Love Conflict”. This seminar is going to be held on Tuesday 3rd November, at Pinners Hall, London, UK. Registration and breakfast are at 8:15 am followed by the seminar from 8:30 till 10:00 am.

Wednesday, October 21st, 2015

The ITFA Board is pleased to announce that it has recently reached an agreement with Trade & Export Finance (TXF) whereby ITFA members are being offered 2 registrations at 50% discount each to attend the TXF Trade & Treasury 2015 event. The event is being held between 12-13 November 2015, in Frankfurt, Germany. In addition to this, […]

Tuesday, October 13th, 2015

The ITFA Board is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement with eBSI Export Academy whereby ITFA members will benefit from a special reduced price for attendees at the upcoming EXIM Summit – Ireland’s only dedicated Export-Import conference. The event will take place at Croke Park Stadium and Exhibition Center, Dublin, Ireland on November 18th, 2015.

Tuesday, October 6th, 2015

As part of the Board’s efforts to provide more to its members, ITFA is pleased to announce that it has recently reached an agreement with Euromoney Seminars. Euromoney Seminars hosts over 80 events globally, covering various aspects of finance, insurance and law.

Monday, October 5th, 2015

As is tradition, the so-called ‘Alternative’ was hosted in London on the occasion of the annual ITFA conference, which this year took place in Dubai, providing a networking opportunity for the London-based colleagues that did not attend the conference. This year the function was organised with special attention to providing a unique networking opportunity to […]

Thursday, September 24th, 2015

In collaboration with Sullivan & Worcester, ITFA is pleased to invite you to yet another Trade Finance Breakfast Seminar entitled “Sullivan & Worcester’s Annual Export Credit Agency Finance Update”. This seminar is going to be held on Thursday 8th October, at Pinners Hall, London, UK. Registration and breakfast are at 8:15 am followed by the seminar from 8:30 till 10:00 am.

Thursday, September 24th, 2015

The ITFA Board together with the Board of VEFI, the Association of Forfaiters in Switzerland, would like to invite you to the Annual VEFI Economic Outlook 2016 which is being held on Thursday 29th October 2015 at 11:00 am at Haus zum Rüden, Zurich.

Wednesday, September 16th, 2015

Please note that the ITFA German Regional Committee is organizing its Fall workshop for 19 November 2015 in Frankfurt am Main. It is for ITFA Members only with a maximum of 2 senior market participants per Member attending. The language of the workshop will be German. Access will be restricted to confirmed guests only. The workshop will be […]

Thursday, September 17th, 2015

We recently announced the launch of the ITFA Insurance Committee. The purpose of the committee is to help members to understand and utilise this type of insurance within their institutions and assist the insurance industry to produce policies and products that are relevant and effective. To help the committee in furthering these goals, we ask […]

Tuesday, September 1st, 2015

Insurance has become a more and more important part of international trade finance. There are many different insurance products which support banks in their task to forfait receivables, finance trade or issue guarantees and letters of credit. But bankers as well as brokers and insurers are often complaining that this cooperation is not always as […]