Tuesday, September 30th, 2025

It gives me great pleasure to open this month’s newsletter by looking back at what has been the highlight of our year so far: the 51st ITFA Annual Conference, held on 4th September in Singapore.

Thursday, September 25th, 2025

Closing the global trade finance gap, (estimated at US2.5tn), has been one of the themes of several international trade and development conferences over the last few years, particularly the last two. ITFA is one of the organisations that has given it greater prominence.

Thursday, September 25th, 2025

The 51st International Trade and Forfaiting Association (ITFA) annual conference uses Singapore, one of the principal hubs of world trade, as the vivid backdrop for themes of navigating uncertainty, resilience (and opportunity) amid the ‘rewiring’ of global trade. Is it all about ‘navigating in the dark’, and how can trade and export finance benefit?

Thursday, September 25th, 2025

As global trade has been making headlines this past year, everyone has declared themselves an armchair expert in international shipping routes, tariffs, and commodity prices. However, it’s rare to get a chance to hear from someone who not only sees where global trade is heading but is actually leading it there.

Thursday, September 25th, 2025

The ITFA Emerging Leaders Awards were created to do something most conferences only talk about: give the mic and the main stage to the next generation. What began as a young professionals push is now a fixture with a clear mandate to make trade finance visible and viable as a career, and platform ideas that move the market.

Thursday, September 25th, 2025

In this ITFA interview, Malinga Fernando, Senior Vice-President and Head of Trade Products, and Nishit Kumar, Head of Loan Syndications, Sales & Distribution, explain how Mashreq is expanding its transaction banking footprint, adapting to client needs, and making technology and distribution central to its next phase of growth.

Thursday, September 25th, 2025

In this exclusive ITFA interview, Atul Jain, Global Co-Head of Trade Finance and Lending at Deutsche Bank, shares his views on the steady reshaping of trade corridors, the evolving nature of client risk, the reality behind ESG uptake, and why the industry’s biggest tech opportunity lies in unlocking the value of data already at hand.

Thursday, September 25th, 2025

Supply chain management and financing company Done is already a technological pioneer in trade finance, given it was one of the first corporates to successfully implement the use of legally enforceable electronic promissory notes in its day-to-day business in Eastern Europe.

Thursday, September 25th, 2025

Mauritius has taken a decisive step in modernising its trade finance landscape by legally recognising electronic bills of exchange under the Finance Act 2025. This landmark reform brings the country in line with international frameworks such as the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records (MLETR) and the ICC’s digital trade finance principles, positioning Mauritius as a regional pioneer in digital trade transformation.

Thursday, September 25th, 2025

In the Voices from our Regions you will find articles contributed by our Regional Committees in relation to events they organised in the past month.

Thursday, September 25th, 2025

ITFA is pleased to welcome the following institutions to its growing family:

– G3 Canada Limited
– NLB Komercijalna banka
– Westpac Banking Corporation

Thursday, September 25th, 2025

The ITFA Project Tracker provides a concise snapshot of ongoing projects and initiatives within the association. With a red, amber, green (RAG) status system, it visually represents the stage of progress for each project, whether it’s just commencing, on track, or nearing completion.

Monday, July 28th, 2025

With summer now in full swing and many of us looking forward to well-earned holidays, I’d like to take a moment to reflect on the fantastic ITFA Week that took place earlier this month (July 8th–10th).

Friday, July 25th, 2025

As another heatwave gripped London, ITFA’s members were eager to find respite in the cool offices of the law firm A&O Shearman on 9 July to listen to their peers present on topics from environmental legislation, trade documentation and the impact of tariffs on global trade at the annual Northern European Regional Committee (NERC) event.

Friday, July 25th, 2025

On July 3rd the TF COP Task Force was officially launched in Seville alongside the Fourth Financing for Development Conference (FfD4). Representing the largest coalition ever gathered in the trade finance space, the Trade Finance Conference of Parties (TF COP) held its inaugural gathering in October last year at the IFC headquarters in Washington DC.

Tuesday, July 29th, 2025

ITFA was very happy to have participated in the Future of Security 2025 Conference held at Kings College, London on 24th July organised by Rebecca Harding and the Centre for Economic Security at which our chairman, Sean Edwards, spoke on the use of supply chain finance in defence procurement.

Friday, July 25th, 2025

In July ITFA launched the ITFA Podcast Channel. Hosting podcasts produced by ITFA Chief of Staff, Tedd George, and featuring members of ITFA’s Board, Committees and Working Groups, this channel explores the association’s work to inform and support the global trade finance and forfaiting community.

Friday, July 25th, 2025

ITFA’s Financial Crime Compliance initiative (FCCI) held its first webinar in May looking at sanctions and export controls in trade finance.

Friday, July 25th, 2025

In the Voices from our Regions you will find articles contributed by our Regional Committees in relation to events they organised in the past month.

Monday, July 7th, 2025

ITFA is pleased to welcome the following institutions to its growing family:

– Fieldfisher LLP
– ICE Digital Trade (IDT)
– Kleos Advisory UK