Friday, December 20th, 2024

ITFA is pleased to announce that we are partnering with BCR, who will be organising the 11th Annual Supply Chain Finance Summit (SCFS) in Madrid at Cecabank, between 29 and 30 January 2025.

Friday, December 13th, 2024

ITFA is delighted to be partnering up with Informa Connect for the upcoming ExCred International, being held this 25 – 26 February 2025 at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel in London.

Thursday, December 5th, 2024

The recently launched Financial Crime Compliance initiative (FCCi) within the FinTech Committee is ITFA’s community of financial crime compliance experts. The group gathers bankers, lawyers, non-bank lenders and technologists involved in promoting the use of advanced technologies to detect and prevent financial crime and to promote improved market practices. It also feeds ITFA’s advocacy efforts regarding the use cases and benefits of technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Generative AI, distributed ledgers and quantum computing, which help trade finance practitioners protect their activities and their clients.

Wednesday, December 4th, 2024

We are delighted to remind you of the opportunity to elevate your ITFA membership by applying for our Group Membership option for 2025.

Tuesday, November 26th, 2024

Washington, DC, 28 October 2024 – At the inaugural Trade Finance Conference of Parties (TF COP), the International Trade and Forfaiting Association (ITFA) introduced the Washington Declaration, a landmark call to action urging the United Nations (UN) to formally recognise the trade finance gap as a critical barrier to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and

Monday, November 18th, 2024

At the request of Demica, a member of the ITFA Fintech Committee, we are sending you the recently launched annual benchmarking survey for banks in trade finance. After an overwhelmingly positive response to last year’s benchmark report for banks in trade finance, Demica needs your input for the 2025 survey!

Friday, November 15th, 2024

ITFA has partnered with eBSI Export Academy to provide you with reduced tuition fees on the Diploma in Project Management for Bankers.

Tuesday, November 12th, 2024

Once again ITFA has partnered with eBSI Export Academy to provide you with reduced tuition fees on the Diploma in Trade Finance.

Tuesday, November 12th, 2024

The trade finance gap has been described as a global crisis. And it’s no secret why: between 2020 and 2022, the gap saw a 47% increase to a record $2.5 trillion. Mitigating this gap is urgent, in part because it adversely affects developing economies and small businesses.

Wednesday, October 16th, 2024

ITFA is delighted to partner with BCR for its 3rd Annual Mena Supply Chain Finance Conference to be held on 5 and 6 November in Dubai.

Tuesday, October 15th, 2024

We are delighted to report a major news on the innovation front as Lloyds and Mercore have completed a series of landmark transactions to involve the node-to-node transfer of a Digital Negotiable Instrument (DNI) between two financial institutions, and the first DNI transactions between two financial institutions each facing off to their own importer or exporter.

Monday, October 14th, 2024

The Documentation Working Group commissioned a survey of ITFA members on market practice surrounding banks’ approaches and requirements in obtaining legal opinions when using credit insurance as credit risk mitigation (CRM) under relevant Basel Capital Accord rules and the legislation that implements it. The findings were presented at the ITFA Insurance seminar in Paris in 2023.