Tuesday, May 3rd, 2022

ITFA is pleased to invite you to register for the ITFA Americas 25th Annual Conference to be held on Wednesday June 15th – Friday June 17th at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida. Please register at LINK HERE.

Monday, May 2nd, 2022

On behalf of VEFI, the Association of Forfaiters in Switzerland, the Board of ITFA is pleased to announce that the 43rd Annual General Meeting of VEFI will be held on Thursday, 12 May 2022 at 5:15 p.m. at the Impact Hub Viadukt Bogen D, Viaduktstrasse 93, 8008 Zurich.

Tuesday, February 8th, 2022

Over the last few years, we have become inured to weaponised language in trade. So when President Biden renewed US tariffs on solar panel imports at the beginning of February, a weary, “here we go again”, sigh of exasperation was forgivable.

Friday, January 28th, 2022

I enjoy watching sunrises, and sunsets. With every passing moment, the sky is lit with brilliant colours dancing majestically in various shapes. The shift of scenery is gradual yet sudden. Similarly, interspersed with major events that sometimes accelerate change, industry trends morph from one year to another.

Tuesday, April 19th, 2022

The ITFA Board wishes to inform you that the ITFA Northern European Regional Committee (NERC) in association with Credit Europe Bank N.V., is organizing its Annual Spring Event on Wednesday 25 May, 2022 in Amsterdam.

Tuesday, March 29th, 2022

The ITFA Northern European Regional Committee (NERC) is pleased to inform you of its upcoming webinar. The webinar entitled: ”How will the Russia/Ukraine Crises Impact Global Trade?” will be held on Thursday the 7th of April 2022.

Wednesday, February 16th, 2022

– ADM International Sarl
– BANCO LATINO AMERICANO DE COMERCIO EXTERIOR (Bladex SA)
– CGI
– IHS Markit
– NN Investment Partners

Monday, February 14th, 2022

The ITFA Board is pleased to announce that Sean Edwards, ITFA Chairman will be speaking at the following webinar titled ‘Implementing an Effective Export Control Program for Financial Institutions’, being held on Wednesday 16 February at 14:30 GMT.

Monday, February 7th, 2022

360tf which joined ITFA mid 2021 has decided to engage with the wider trade finance community by leveraging our DNI Initiative.

Friday, February 4th, 2022

At the request of Demica, a member of the ITFA Fintech Committee, we are sending you the recently launched annual benchmarking survey for banks in trade finance.

Friday, January 21st, 2022

CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE – Sean Edwards, ITFA Chairman / Head of Legal and Special Adviser to The Global Trade Finance Department At SMBC, Dec 2021

Tuesday, January 25th, 2022

At various points during the past decade, news items have highlighted the Russian propensity to deploy ‘blow-up weapons’: inflatable tanks, missile launchers and the like that were indistinguishable from the real thing when viewed via radar or satellite.   

Monday, January 24th, 2022

Planning for the 48th ITFA Annual Conference in Porto, Portugal between 7-9 September 2022 is well underway with the official launch including Early Bird tickets, expected in March/April.
As a voluntary organization, we rely on our sponsors to make all our events a great success.

Tuesday, January 25th, 2022

We are delighted to welcome Pemberton Asset Management to ITFA and to TFD Initiative, our flagship trade distribution community.

Thursday, January 20th, 2022

If you are familiar with the ITFA Emerging Leaders Initiative, you will most likely by now have heard us talking at length about the importance of mentoring.

Thursday, January 20th, 2022

Whilst it is not the case in reality, it certainly doesn’t feel that long ago when I started out as a junior lawyer and received my first taste of trade finance. It was a very different market back in the late 1990’s and, in fact, ITFA was IFA and the forfaiting and factoring markets were quite distinct from the structured trade and commodity finance market I was mostly involved with.

Thursday, January 20th, 2022

During the Spring and Summer of 2021, ITFA’s Northern European Regional Committee (NERC) initiated a survey of its members, with the aim of gauging levels of satisfaction with the services and activities that ITFA delivers.

Friday, January 14th, 2022

Due to the continuing Covid-19 situation, BCR Publishing is rescheduling the hybrid event: RFIx’22 – 22nd Receivables Finance International Convention. RFIx ‘22 will now take place on 26-27 May, with the Awards Gala Dinner to be held on the evening of 26 May.

Friday, January 21st, 2022

ITFA is pleased to welcome one institution to its growing family:

– CalBank PLC     

Wednesday, January 12th, 2022

Join us on 21 January as we will share how SCF platforms can benefit from this new option and how ITFA member Accelerated Payments Ltd already benefits as part of their Individual Invoice Finance service.