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ITFA NEARC Educational Seminar, 11 April 2019 – Beijing

Monday, March 25th, 2019

The annual ITFA NEARC educational seminar has built up an effective platform for regional trade financiers & forfaiters to communicate and cooperate, and plays a significant role in facilitating the healthy and sustainable development of China’s forfaiting business.

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ITFA newsletter – March 2019 issue

Wednesday, March 20th, 2019

We are pleased to inform you that the March 2019 ITFA Newsletter is now out. Please click here to open the Newsletter. 

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Capital Treatment of Non – Payment Insurance – A Success Story

Thursday, March 14th, 2019

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a Policy Statement (PS 8/19) and updated Supervisory Statement (17/13 “Credit Risk Mitigation”, which will come into force on 13 September 2019) in relation to the use of different types of guarantees as unfunded credit risk mitigation (CRM) for the purposes of calculating capital requirements under the Capital […]

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ITFA 2019 Young Trade Financier Award

Monday, March 11th, 2019

In a continued effort to recognise the contribution of the younger members of our trade finance market, ITFA is launching the 2019 ITFA Young Trade Financier Award.

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Reminder – YP Fintech Seminar and Networking Drinks (open to YPs only), London – 20 March 2019

Friday, March 1st, 2019

The ITFA Young Professionals Panel and Tradeteq would like to invite all Young Professionals within the industry to attend a Fintech Seminar and networking drinks on Wednesday 20th March 2019 – please see below for agenda.

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Trade And Receivables Finance; A Practical Guide To Risk Evaluation And Structuring by Stephen Jones

Tuesday, February 26th, 2019

We are pleased to offer a 20% discount to all ITFA members on a new book written specifically for the financial market entitled ‘Trade And Receivables Finance; A Practical Guide To Risk Evaluation And Structuring’. Written by Stephen Jones, who has more than 40 years of experience in the trade finance market, this provides a practical ‘go […]

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ITFA newsletter – February 2019 issue

Tuesday, February 19th, 2019

We are pleased to inform you that the February 2019 ITFA Newsletter is now out. Please click here to open the Newsletter. 

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ITFA 46th Annual International Trade and Forfaiting Conference, 4-6 September 2019 – Budapest, Hungary

Thursday, January 24th, 2019

The ITFA 2019 conference website is live and is open for registration! Click here for more information and to register. 

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ITFA Newsletter – January 2019 Issue

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019

We are pleased to inform you that the January 2019 ITFA Newsletter is now out. Please click here to open the Newsletter. 

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ITFA Mentorship Scheme 2019

Tuesday, January 15th, 2019

As you may know, one of the flagship initiatives of the ITFA Young Professionals programme is the Martin Ashurst Trade Finance Mentorship Scheme. This scheme adds significant value to the industry as we get some of the more experienced members of our market to generously share their knowledge and insight with those with less experience, […]

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Fintech Seminar (Open To YPs Only) & Charity Pub Quiz (Open To All ITFA Members), London

Tuesday, January 8th, 2019

The ITFA YP panel and Tradeteq are pleased to announce that they will be organising a Fintech Seminar for all Young Professionals in the industry. However, capacity is limited and therefore registrations will be on a first come first serve basis. The Seminar which is being held on Wednesday 20 March 2019, will take place at the Tradeteq offices – 15 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N […]

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ITFA Fintech discovery day for Nordic market – 27 February 2019

Thursday, December 20th, 2018

Save-the-date: 27 February 2019 – ITFA Fintech discovery day – Helsinki, Finland ITFA Fintech discovery day – actionable technology innovations for SME Lending and Trade Finance – in association with Finnish Fintech Ecosystem, OP Financial Group, SEB and Standard Chartered Bank Innovations in trade finance are making headlines. Transaction analytics, platform-based communities, data technologies, artificial […]

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