Wednesday, March 21st, 2018

The low risk profile of trade finance assets is a reality that has forever been preached from within the sector, yet interest from the general investment community only started recently as a side-effect of the low-yield environment. For one, banks are suddenly having to adapt to the stringent capital requirements put in place to protect […]

Thursday, March 8th, 2018

The ITFA Board wishes to inform you that the ITFA Northern European Regional Committee (NERC) in association with co-sponsors Credit Europe Bank N.V. and GarantiBank International N.V. is organizing its Annual Spring Event on Tuesday 15 May, 2018 in Amsterdam. The event, which is open to ITFA members only, will consist of an Educational Seminar followed by a drinks reception.

Wednesday, March 7th, 2018

The highlight of the trade finance conference year, the 2018 ITFA Annual Conference taking place between the 4-6th September in Cape Town, South Africa, is fast approaching. TheSuper Early Bird price is soon coming to an end! So hurry up and register before 15 April 2018!

Monday, February 26th, 2018

We are pleased to inform you that the February 2018 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, February 12th, 2018

The ITFA CEE Regional Committee is pleased to inform you that the traditional educational seminar of ITFA Central and Eastern European Region will be held on 12th April, 2018, in Budapest.

Friday, February 9th, 2018

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 Bowling and Jass Championship evening. This invitation is extended not only to ITFA members but also to all colleagues who are handling forfaiting business.

Thursday, February 8th, 2018

The ITFA German Regional Committee (GRC) is organizing a presentation of the ITFA FinTech Committee on Wednesday June 6, 2018 in Frankfurt am Main. The event is for ITFA Members only with a maximum of 3 market participants per Member attending. Access will be restricted to confirmed guests only. The presentation will be followed by the Annual Stammtisch.

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018

We are pleased to inform you that the January 2018 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.

Wednesday, January 10th, 2018

The ITFA Board is pleased to announce that ITFA will once again partner with GTR at the GTR Mena Trade Finance Week 2018, which will be held between 19th and 20th February 2018 at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Dubai. GTR Mena Trade Finance Week, which returns to Dubai for its 15th year, is the most established and comprehensive market gathering […]

Friday, January 5th, 2018

The ITFA Board is pleased to invite all ITFA members to the very first event of the year – the ITFA NERC Networking event which is going to be held on 7th February 2018 in London. This year’s NERC event is being held at the Bank of England Museum, Threadneedle Street, London, EC2R 8AH, and will begin at 15:00 hours.

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.