Tuesday, May 5th, 2015

The International Trade and Forfaiting Association (ITFA) and BAFT, an international financial services association, announced today a joint industry standard legal opinion for banks to use in satisfying new regulatory requirements in the European Union.

Monday, April 20th, 2015

We are pleased to inform you that the April 2015 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.

Tuesday, March 24th, 2015

ITFA has once again been invited to take part in a survey carried out as a joint initiative between ITFA and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The survey can be accessed by clicking here. Last year’s report based on 2013 survey results may also be accessed here. Please note that the survey will run until 15 April 2015.

Friday, March 20th, 2015

The ITFA Board is pleased to announce that ITFA’s CEERC (Central and Eastern European Regional Committee) is organising its yearly Educational Event on Thursday 23rd April at 2.00 p.m. in Vienna, at the premises of UniCredit Bank Austria. 

Friday, March 20th, 2015

ITFA is pleased to inform you that the March 2015 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.

Thursday, March 12th, 2015

As announced by Paolo Provera, ITFA Chairman, during the Cocktail Party that was held in February in Dubai, ITFA is now preparing to set up the MENA Regional Committee.  Despite having members domiciled in the region, ITFA is currently not formally represented by a local committee. We believe that the time is opportune for us to […]

Friday, February 27th, 2015

ITFA is pleased to inform you that the February 2015 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, February 4th, 2015

The North East Asia Regional Committee (NEARC) has successfully held its Luncheon Party on 29 January 2015 in Beijing celebrating the upcoming Chinese New Year. During the party, 14 participants from 9 NEARC members including BOC, ICBC, ABC, China CITIC, Bank of Jiangsu, China Everbright Bank, CCB, China Merchants Bank and China Minsheng Banking Corp. exchange views […]

Wednesday, January 28th, 2015

Last year we asked members to contribute to a survey being carried out by Asian Development Bank (ADB) on the demand and supply of trade finance, and particularly forfaiting facilities. Those contributions, together with data from other associations, has been used to create ADB’s 2013 Trade Finance Gap Survey.  Please click here.  The findings are very instructive for […]

Thursday, January 22nd, 2015

The ITFA Young Professionals Network is pleased to announce that it has successfully held its first roundtable in partnership with GTR. At the roundtable, participants discussed current trends in trade finance markets globally, and gave their views on the career prospects for the next generation of trade finance professionals within the industry. To view the […]

Monday, January 19th, 2015

An extremely encouraging start for 2015! It is with immense pleasure that ITFA announces a further 3 institutions that have become ITFA  members.

Monday, January 19th, 2015

Further to the email circulated on the 09th December 2014, the ITFA Board is pleased to announce that the board of the NERC has now been officially set up as follows: Co-Chairs: Dalia Kay of Federated Investors  &  Zeyno de Vries-Davutoglu of Credit Europe Bank N.V.