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.

Tuesday, October 18th, 2022

The ITFA Board wishes to invite its members to the ITFA Christmas Party 2022. The Christmas event which is free of charge and open to ITFA members only, is taking place on the 5th December 2022 at the Savage Garden Rooftop Bar at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel London, Tower of London.

Tuesday, January 11th, 2022

We are pleased to announce that ITFA will be partnering with Global Trade Review (GTR) for its upcoming event; GTR MENA 2022. GTR is returning to Dubai on February 15-16, 2022 for an exclusive two-day physical gathering.

Friday, November 12th, 2021

On 18th October 2021 the International Trade & Forfaiting Association ‘ITFA’ Middle East Regional Committee held its 3rd Annual Trade Finance Distribution Webinar titled “Understanding the blueprint for Regional Trade Finance Distribution”.

Tuesday, March 8th, 2022

We invite you to attend our upcoming webinar on Tuesday 22nd March, 2022 at 14:00 UK time / 15:00 CET on trade digitisation sponsored by Emirates NBD.

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022

As the Covid 19 restrictions in Switzerland have now been lifted, so far that, we will be able to hold live-events again, the ITFA- and VEFI- Boards are pleased to invite you to the traditional Bo

Thursday, February 17th, 2022

Despite some recent de-escalation, nothing has yet been settled in the Russia-Ukraine crisis, with the imposition of sanctions remaining a real possibility. ITFA, together with HFW and Marsh Specialty, has organised this timely webinar to analyse the risks and some of the options available to members.

Thursday, February 3rd, 2022

The ITFA Board wishes to inform you that the ITFA Northern European Regional Committee (NERC) is organizing a physical event on Thursday 3rd March, 2022 in London. The event will focus on the theme of ESG in Trade: The Way Forward.