ITFA News


Webinar – Use of hybrid blockchain in trade finance – 19 January 2021

Tuesday, January 5th, 2021

The ITFA Fintech Committee is delighted to invite you to an educational webinar on 19 January on Hybrid Blockchain. The session will start at 12:00 GMT / 13:00 CET / 20:00 SGT / 07:00 EST.

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Survey – it will only take a few minutes to complete

Monday, January 4th, 2021

To get the New Year off to a positive start, ITFA has partnered with the International Chamber of Commerce to commission research to make the case for digitising documents of title (Bills of Lading, Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes) ahead of a prospective reform of UK law in 2021/2022. We would greatly appreciate it if you would spare 10 minutes or so of your time to complete the questionnaire which is a key part of this research.

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Announcing the winner of the ITFA Emerging Leader of the Year 2020 Award

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2020

It was with great pride and excitement that during ITFA’s virtual AGM held on 1 December 2020, Duarte Pedreira – Chair of ITFA Emerging Leader Committee, announced the ITFA Emerging Leader of the Year 2020 Award. Five projects had been shortlisted…..and the winner is…..Ms Didem Erdogan. We wish to extend our congratulations to Didem for […]

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ITFA Emerging Leaders – Life lab session – Coaching – 17 December 2020

Thursday, November 26th, 2020

ITFA Emerging Leaders Committee is delighted to invite you to a webinar on Thursday 17th December 2020 at 12: 00 Lonodn time. We will explore what coaching is, how it can help you in your career, and look at some practical applications in the workplace.

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TXF Global Trade Virtual event, 8-10 December 2020 – Special discounts for ITFA members

Tuesday, November 17th, 2020

We are excited to be partnering with TXF at the upcoming TXF Global Trade Virtual 2020, a festival of debate and relationship building for leaders involved in international trade, taking place on December 8-10.

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BCR Publishing: Fraud Prevention and Management – virtual masterclass – 3 December 2020

Friday, November 13th, 2020

We are pleased to announce that ITFA will be partnering with BCR Publishing for its upcoming virtual masterclass: Fraud Prevention and Management which will be taking place on December 3 at 9:00am GMT.

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TFG and WTO Launch Updated DLT & Trade Periodic Table, upgrading stage of maturity of the projects

Thursday, November 5th, 2020

Trade Finance Global (TFG) and World Trade Organization (WTO) have today launched their updated Periodic Table of DLT Projects in Trade, at the Hong Kong Fintech Festival.

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ITFA MERC and GTR webinar – ITFA Middle East Trade Finance Dialogues – 17 November 2020

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020

The ITFA Middle East Regional Committee requests you to save the date for a Virtual Trade Finance Dialogue 2020 in collaboration with the Global Trade Review (GTR). This webinar will be held on November 17, 2020 at 12PM Dubai time/8AM UK time (duration: 90 minutes).

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GTR US 2020 Virtual, 28/29 October – discounts for ITFA members

Monday, October 19th, 2020

We are pleased to announce that ITFA and the Americas Regional Chapter will be partnering with Global Trade Review (GTR) for its upcoming event GTR US 2020 – the United States’ leading trade and supply chain financing conference – taking place virtually on October 28-29.

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Webinar: The Impact Of Credit Insurance & Institutional Funding On Banks’ Business Model – 28 October 2020

Monday, October 19th, 2020

The ITFA Board is pleased to announce that it will be organising a webinar titled ”The impact of credit insurance & institutional funding on banks’ business model”. The webinar will take place on Wednesday October 28th at 08:00 EST, 12:00 BST, 13:00 CEST / 20:00 SGT.

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ITFA Emerging Leaders Competition – Webinar on 16 October 2020

Wednesday, September 30th, 2020

Further to our recent announcement of the ITFA Emerging Trade Financier Award shortlist, we would now kindly invite you to register for the webinar where the shortlisted projects will be showcased and try to attract your vote.

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ITFA EL Competition – Judging

Friday, September 18th, 2020

Despite this most unusual year, ITFA as the global trade finance industry body has continued to demonstrate its commitment to the industry, our members, and of course, the emerging leaders in trade finance. As such, following the very successful launch of the Emerging Trade Financier Award last year when we had 11 different projects submitted for the jury to consider, this year’s edition proved to be even more successful.

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