Saturday, May 28th, 2022

We are very pleased and proud to congratulate Lee Hitge of Willis Towers Watson  and Hannah Fearn of Sullivan Worcester on winning the award for Industry Ambassadors of the Year for their outstanding work on the ITFA Basel III CRI Policy Template. This is the first published standardised industry policy and follow much hard work […]

Wednesday, May 11th, 2022

Planning is well underway for this year’s ITFA Annual Conference which will be held in Porto, Portugal between the 7-9th September 2022. To complement the conference, an Educational Seminar will also be held between the 6-7 September. Furthermore, on the 7 September we will also be dedicating a full morning to Fintech.

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2022

ITFA is pleased to invite you to register for the ITFA Americas 25th Annual Conference to be held on Wednesday June 15th – Friday June 17th at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida. Please register at LINK HERE.

Monday, May 2nd, 2022

On behalf of VEFI, the Association of Forfaiters in Switzerland, the Board of ITFA is pleased to announce that the 43rd Annual General Meeting of VEFI will be held on Thursday, 12 May 2022 at 5:15 p.m. at the Impact Hub Viadukt Bogen D, Viaduktstrasse 93, 8008 Zurich.

Thursday, March 24th, 2022

ITFA is overwhelmingly delighted and pleased to announce that the much awaited ITFA Annual Conference – LIVE is here.

Monday, February 21st, 2022

We are delighted to welcome Trade Finance Global (TFG) to the Trade Finance Distribution (TFD) Initiative as a non-bank originator. From banks to asset managers, brokers and insurers, TFG aims to work with members of the TFD Initiative to pursue its vision of trade finance without barriers.

Friday, February 18th, 2022

Traxpay which joined ITFA early 2021 has decided to engage with the wider trade finance community on trade digitization and MLETR adoption through our DNI Initiative.

Thursday, January 27th, 2022

ITFA is pleased to invite its members to a webinar providing further insights into the transition from IBOR to risk-free reference rates. The webinar will consist of three short presentations from Mayer Brown, the Bank of England and CME Group, with an opportunity for Q&A at the end.

Monday, January 24th, 2022

Join us on Tuesday 8 February at 14:00 UK time, 15:00 CET, 09:00 EST for a panel debate on the actual adoption and expected benefits of interoperable trade documents and negotiable instruments as advocated by the Model Law for Electronic Transferrable Records (MLETR).

Monday, January 17th, 2022

Here we are – starting a new calendar year 2022!

However, we seem to be in a familiar scenario, whereby the Covid situation is once again putting us in uncertain circumstances. We will continue to follow the situation closely and endeavour to hold live events in different regions as soon as feasible. In the interim and as requested by some of our members we will hold a series of webinars throughout 2022 in conjunction with physical events when these are possible.

Thursday, January 13th, 2022

ITFA is in the process of setting up a Working Group, aimed at creating an e-version of the URF800 (eURF), in the same way as the eUCP and eURC, which will assist users handling electronic negotiable instruments.

Monday, January 10th, 2022

As previously announced at the ITFA Annual Conference in Bristol in October 2021, a new committee focused on the very important topic of ESG has been formed. Today we are pleased to announce the initial committee made up of individuals coming from a wide variety of backgrounds including banks, development banks, fintech, insurance, asset management and research.