Monday, November 13th, 2017

As discussed during the ITFA Conference in Edinburgh, 2018 will be ”The Year of Africa” within ITFA. Not only will the next annual conference be held in Cape Town, but we also want to make decisive progress in terms of getting new members from Sub-Saharan Africa to join our ranks and benefit from everything that […]

Monday, November 6th, 2017

We are delighted to announce the expansion of ITFA’s Young Professionals network through the creation of a Young Professionals Advisory Panel. 

Monday, October 23rd, 2017

As mentioned during the ITFA Annual Conference in Edinburgh, we are now preparing for the ITFA year end event….our Christmas Cocktail Party 2017. This year’s Christmas event is taking place on 11 December 2017 at the Victorian Bath House, London.

Thursday, October 19th, 2017

Planning is well underway for next year’s ITFA Annual Conference which will be held in Cape Town, South Africa between the 4-6th September 2018. We will be opening the conference website for registrations very shortly, so please stay tuned for more updates from ITFA!

Thursday, October 19th, 2017

The International Trade and Forfaiting Association (ITFA), through its Market Practice Committee, is very pleased to announce that the legal opinion originally issued in 2015 has now been updated and replaced. The new version is made available exclusively for the benefit of members of both ITFA and BAFT, as was previously the case.

Wednesday, October 18th, 2017

We are pleased to inform you that the October 2017 ITFA Newsletter is now out. Please click here to open the blog. In the event that you cannot view the blog click here for a PDF format.

Friday, September 29th, 2017

The ITFA Board together with the Board of VEFI, the Association of Forfaiters in Switzerland, would like to invite you to the VEFI and ITFA Economic Outlook and Networking Lunch 2017.

Thursday, September 28th, 2017

As mentioned during the Annual Conference in Edinburgh, we are now preparing for the ITFA year end event….our Christmas Cocktail Party, which is taking place on Monday, 11 December 2017 from 18:30 onwards, at the Victorian Bath House in London. It is likely that an educational event will be held earlier in the day. Details to follow.

Thursday, September 28th, 2017

ITFA is proud to announce that it has become associated with R3, the operators of the Corda Blockchain technology, and TradeIX, the financial technology firm who are to develop a DLT trade finance platform with a number of consortium banks including  ITFA members.

Wednesday, September 20th, 2017

We are pleased to inform you that the September 2017 ITFA Newsletter is now out. Please click here to open the blog. In the event that you cannot view the blog click here for a PDF format.

Monday, September 18th, 2017

The ITFA Board is proud to announce that having supported the Junior Diabetics Research Fund (JDRF) in loving memory of Martin Ashurst, our dear friend, guiding light and mentor to so many in the forfaiting business, we have a considerable  sum of money to donate to this worthy cause.

Thursday, September 14th, 2017

Following the ITFA AGM in Edinburgh, ITFA is proud to announce that besides having two new Board Members joining the Board (Khilola Turaeva and Duarte Pedreira), there has also been some reshuffling of Board Member duties and responsibilities.