Thursday, May 2nd, 2019

We’re all hyped at ITFA with our upcoming Budapest conference. With so much work being done by all involved to ensure that this is another fantastic ITFA event, we urge you all to register at your earliest opportunity.

Wednesday, April 17th, 2019

On behalf of VEFI, the Association of Forfaiters in Switzerland, the Board of ITFA is pleased to announce that the 40th Annual General Meeting of VEFI will be held on Thursday, 09 May 2019 at 10:30 a.m. at the Haus zum Rüden, Zurich.

Monday, April 15th, 2019

Further to the ITFA communication dated 26 March 2019, we are pleased to remind you that the ITFA Middle East Regional Committee (MERC) is organising an educational event in Dubai entitled ”Trade Finance Distribution: Market Developments and Opportunities” on Wednesday, 1 May 2019.

Tuesday, April 9th, 2019

The ITFA Board is pleased to announce that ITFA will partner with Global Trade Review (GTR) for the GTR UK 2019 event, providing an unrivalled opportunity for the UK business community to convene and discuss the UK’s key trade priorities. The event will be held on 8th May in London, UK.

Monday, April 8th, 2019

Trade Finance Global (TFG) today released its whitepaper, ‘State of the Supply Chain Finance Market, UK & China Trade Corridors’, in partnership with East & Partners, ICC United Kingdom and Coriolis Technologies.

Thursday, April 4th, 2019

We are excited to announce that the ITFA 2019 conference website is now live and is open for registration!

Thursday, March 28th, 2019

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 22 May, 2019 in Amsterdam. The event, which is open to ITFA members only, will consist of an Educational Seminar followed by a drinks reception. Further details including the agenda will follow shortly. In the meantime, we […]

Wednesday, March 27th, 2019

The Asian Development Bank in partnership with ITFA is conducting the 2019 Trade Finance Gaps, Growth, and Jobs Survey – Forfaiting to identify key issues and challenges in the trade finance market. Key findings from the survey will help policy makers, regulators, and financial institutions better understand the unmet trade finance needs and how they can be mitigated. The […]

Thursday, March 14th, 2019

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a Policy Statement (PS 8/19) and updated Supervisory Statement (17/13 “Credit Risk Mitigation”, which will come into force on 13 September 2019) in relation to the use of different types of guarantees as unfunded credit risk mitigation (CRM) for the purposes of calculating capital requirements under the Capital […]

Monday, March 11th, 2019

In a continued effort to recognise the contribution of the younger members of our trade finance market, ITFA is launching the 2019 ITFA Young Trade Financier Award.

Tuesday, February 26th, 2019

We are pleased to offer a 20% discount to all ITFA members on a new book written specifically for the financial market entitled ‘Trade And Receivables Finance; A Practical Guide To Risk Evaluation And Structuring’. Written by Stephen Jones, who has more than 40 years of experience in the trade finance market, this provides a practical ‘go […]

Friday, January 25th, 2019

Following ITFA’s recent agreement with Commodities People events, the ITFA Board is pleased to inform you about the 4th Annual Global Commodity Risk Management Forum. This event will be held between 21st and 22nd May 2019 in London.