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.

Thursday, January 24th, 2019

The ITFA 2019 conference website is live and is open for registration! Click here for more information and to register. 

Thursday, January 24th, 2019

The ITFA Board is pleased to announce that ITFA will partner with Global Trade Review (GTR) for the GTR Africa 2019 event, an annual highlight for key players in the Africa trade, commodity and export finance market. GTR Africa returns once again to Cape Town as the regional flagship event on March 14-15. 

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019

We are pleased to inform you that the January 2019 ITFA Newsletter is now out. Please click here to open the Newsletter. 

Tuesday, January 15th, 2019

As you may know, one of the flagship initiatives of the ITFA Young Professionals programme is the Martin Ashurst Trade Finance Mentorship Scheme. This scheme adds significant value to the industry as we get some of the more experienced members of our market to generously share their knowledge and insight with those with less experience, […]

Tuesday, January 8th, 2019

The ITFA YP panel and Tradeteq are pleased to announce that they will be organising a Fintech Seminar for all Young Professionals in the industry. However, capacity is limited and therefore registrations will be on a first come first serve basis. The Seminar which is being held on Wednesday 20 March 2019, will take place at the Tradeteq offices – 15 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N […]

Friday, December 14th, 2018

The ITFA Board on behalf of NERC, the Northern European Regional Committee, would like to invite all ITFA members to an ITFA Educational Seminar being organised in London on the 27th February 2019, followed by Networking Drinks.

Tuesday, December 4th, 2018

The ITFA Board is pleased to announce that ITFA in collaboration with the London Institute of Banking and Finance (LIBF), have assisted in the creation of a professional qualification course titled Certificate in Supply Chain Finance (CSCF). To register for this course, please click here.