Tuesday, August 26th, 2014

If you have had trouble accessing some of the material on the ITFA website over recent weeks, we are pleased to tell you that we have now fixed the problems. Following relaunch of the site there were one or two teething problems and our technicians have now sorted them out. But if you feel that […]

Tuesday, August 26th, 2014

Norbert, who works for HVB in Munich, has completed two three-year terms on ITFA’s Board and therefore under our Board mandate he is obliged to step down. But we will miss him. “He has brought to ITFA his three decades of experience of trade finance and forfaiting, as well as playing a vital role on […]

Tuesday, August 26th, 2014

Investkredit is part of Volksbank Group and is responsible for its corporate and real estate business. It has offices in 7 countries in Central and South Eastern Europe including Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Ukraine and has a well-developed capability in international structured and trade finance. The bank’s business streams include providing advice on […]

Tuesday, August 26th, 2014

New ITFA member The Receivables Exchange is a platform established to give private companies rapid access to working capital. Headquartered in New Orleans with an office in New York, qualifying companies can list their invoices on The Receivables Exchange where capital providers bid to buy the receivables. The Exchange’s target is the massive accounts receivable […]

Tuesday, August 26th, 2014

Work is currently being carried out to improve the ITFA website and make several changes to enhance the user experience. We apologise for the inconvenience this may cause, and reassure users that this should only be a minor disruption which should be completed over the next few days.

Tuesday, August 26th, 2014

Those wishing to attend ITFA’s 9th Annual conference in Prague from 3rd to 5th September will be receiving programme details in the next few days. In the meantime International Conference Solutions Ltd.
which is organizing the conference will be delighted to handle preliminary enquiries. Contact details are: Tel: + 44 208 515 7959 
Fax: + 44 […]

Tuesday, August 26th, 2014

The International Trade and Forfaiting Association has launched its next generation web site with more content and improved navigation We hope our redesigned site will now do a better job of assisting both ITFA members and non-members. We’ve updated the content and improved the navigation and aimed to give it a more user-friendly look and […]

Tuesday, August 26th, 2014

The leading Greek financial services group aims to expand its forfaiting business having joined the ITFA in April 2008. NBG Group has assets of over €84 billion and operates in 10 countries in South Eastern Europe including Cyprus, Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria and countries of the Former Yugoslavia. It has substantial and longstanding trade finance operations […]

Tuesday, August 26th, 2014

The eagerly awaited ITFA guide to the primary forfaiting market is expected to be released before the September conference in Prague. At a 6th May presentation at the offices of City of London lawyers Denton Wilde Sapte, Denton’s partner Simon Cook and ITFA Market Practice Committee Co-Chairman Sean Edwards introduced the first draft of the […]

Tuesday, August 26th, 2014

Lloyds TSB Bank joined the ITFA. The ITFA Board express their warmest gratitude and wish for a profitable forfaiting business.

Tuesday, August 26th, 2014

Fransabank SAL joined the ITFA. The ITFA Board express their warmest gratitude and wish for a profitable forfaiting business.

Tuesday, August 26th, 2014

Cullen Associates joined the ITFA. The ITFA Board express their warmest gratitude and wish for a profitable forfaiting business.