Wednesday, December 13th, 2023

The ITFA’s CEE Regional Committee extends a warm invitation to all ITFA members to participate in a brief survey aimed at shaping our activities for 2024 and beyond.

Monday, December 11th, 2023

ITFA is pleased to announce that we have submitted our response to the EU Late Payment Directive Consultation by the European Commission in November 2023. ITFA members can access the full document here.

Friday, December 8th, 2023

Following the publication of our Addendum to our DNI Handbook, we have received a number of queries concerning the use of legal opinions to prove legal reliability of electronic or digital systems used to produce digital negotiable instruments as required by the Electronic Trade Documents Act 2023 which is compatible with the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records.

Thursday, November 30th, 2023

The ITFA Board is pleased to announce that we will partner with Commodities People on their upcoming event: Commodity Trading Week APAC taking place on 24-25 January 2024 at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.

Wednesday, November 29th, 2023

On September 20th 2023, we delivered an educational webinar for ITFA members on the opportunities afforded by Digital Negotiable Instruments being used in Supply Chain Finance.

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2023

Due to space limitations in our original venue choice as a result of the growth and increasing popularity of our annual conference, we have had to make an important change regarding ITFA’s 50th Annual International Trade and Forfaiting Conference. Instead of our original plan to hold the conference in Milan, we have decided to relocate it to the beautiful Mediterranean island of Cyprus, dates unchanged: 4th to 6th September 2024.

Tuesday, November 21st, 2023

We are delighted to welcome more technology experts to our Fintech Committee. Those experts have identified the importance of industry collaboration to achieve strategic ambitions such as digitizing negotiable instruments including warehousing receipts, and expanding distribution to capital markets.

Monday, November 20th, 2023

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.

Thursday, November 9th, 2023

ITFA is today launching an important update to its Digital Negotiable Instruments Handbook, the second edition of which was published in 2021. The Addendum deals with some of the consequences arising from the passage of the United Kingdom Electronic Trade Documents Act 2023.

Friday, November 3rd, 2023

Following the enthusiastic response we received for the ‘Moving beyond “Big Oil” in the Middle East’ keynote session at the ITFA 49th Annual Conference, we are excited to extend an invitation to you for a more in-depth exploration of our commercially relevant and actionable risk forecasts in the Middle East and Africa.

Friday, November 3rd, 2023

ITFA is delighted to once again partner with Global Trade Review for GTR US 2023, bing held in Manhattan on November 30th, 2023.

Friday, October 27th, 2023

The ITFA Board is pleased to announce that ITFA will partner with Informa connect on their upcoming event: Excred Africa being held on the 14th November at the Hilton Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa.