Friday, June 11th, 2021

The ITFA German Regional Committee (GRC) is pleased to invite ITFA members to a webinar on ESG in Trade Finance. This webinar will be held on Friday 18 June 2021.

Friday, April 16th, 2021

We invite you to join the upcoming webinar by FQX brought to you by ITFA on electronic promissory notes, on April 30th, 2021.

Monday, May 10th, 2021

Singapore, 5 April: The most severe stress case you can impose on any counterparty is their insolvency. So imagine your client has folded, there is no buyer for its business and all its staff has been dismissed. Apocalyptic?

Monday, May 10th, 2021

A couple of years ago, I made a pitch to a group of investors. During the pitch I mentioned the problem I was trying to solve in trade finance was ultimately quite dull. The investors were not sold on the idea. To them, Fintech should be exciting, dynamic and fast moving.

Monday, May 10th, 2021

ITFA is pleased to welcome the following institutions to its growing family:

– CIBC
– Hill Dickinson LLP
– Iccrea Banca Spa

Tuesday, April 13th, 2021

Tick tock!.Tick tock!……as the UK Government further eased the country’s lockdown, the Prime Minister now hopes to be able to lift the majority of rules by 21 June.

Monday, April 12th, 2021

The ITFA Middle East regional committee gathered in February for a webinar concentrating on the recent – and upcoming – developments in digital trade solutions. For this purpose, Emirates NBD invited and joined a panel of experts representing DEWA, Microsoft, Traxpay and SMBC.

Monday, April 12th, 2021

We are delighted to announce that the ITFA Emerging Leaders Committee has grown its membership to reflect the rising scale of activities it has been carrying out in 2020 and 2021.

Monday, April 12th, 2021

We are aware of recent concerns raised about the payables finance market and related-insurance cover in respect of the bankruptcy of Greensill. Greensill’s activities are not representative of the market.

Monday, April 12th, 2021

In Latin America and elsewhere, fintechs are typically associated with consumer services offered directly or through an incumbent player such as a bank – but they are also quietly supporting institutions in back-office areas.

Monday, April 12th, 2021

ITFA is pleased to welcome the following institutions to its growing family:

– Cleareye.ai INC
– FQX AG
– KomGo SA
– Talbot US (aka Validus Specialty Underwriting Services, Inc.)

Wednesday, March 10th, 2021

Cheers and bottoms-up to all, as we finally seem to be approaching the end of this long journey out of lockdown.

Wednesday, March 10th, 2021

How many times have you heard a child or a teenager, or even someone in their early twenties say that their greatest aspiration is to become a trade financier? Never? Don’t worry, you’re not alone.

Wednesday, March 10th, 2021

In December 2020 ITFA member The Texel Group, a Non Payment Insurance (NPI) broker, shared the results of their NPI Insurer COVID-19 survey which was coordinated between their London, Singapore, New York and Brussels offices and included responses from 67 underwriting teams across the respective underwriting hubs.

Wednesday, March 10th, 2021

This document outlines our current areas of work – as of February 2021– and in each case includes a brief description of the topic and a status update.

Wednesday, March 10th, 2021

ITFA is pleased to welcome the following institutions to its growing family:

– Aronova Interactive Ltd
– HFW 
– KCS Group Europe Limited

Thursday, February 25th, 2021

Many of you are aware of the progressive transition away from LIBOR. You have therefore been approaching ITFA to better understand the possible impact to your business, and in particular whether any changes need to be made to some of the commonly used documents such as the BAFT MPA forms.

Thursday, June 10th, 2021

The ITFA Board together with the Northern European Regional Committee (NERC) would like to inform you of its upcoming webinar which will be held on 17 June at 13:00hrs UK time. The webinar which is a follow up to the Libor webinar held last November, is titled: ”Libor Transition Update:Where Are We Now?.”

Thursday, February 11th, 2021

Rejoice, rejoice! …maybe. International institutions such as the United Nations in World Economic Situation and Prospects for 2021 and central banks such as the Bank of England are expecting a rapid rebound of our economy later during the year.

Thursday, February 11th, 2021

ITFA’s Silja Calac interviews AIG’s Global Head of Trade Finance, Marilyn Blattner-Hoyle, on why supply chain resilience matters, and how we as risk-takers can act on it.