Thursday, June 26th, 2025

As we close out another productive first half of the year, I am filled with gratitude, and sometimes amazement, for the passion, innovation, and community spirit that continue to define ITFA across all regions. This month’s updates are especially exciting, showcasing the energy from recent regional gatherings and offering insights into key themes shaping our industry.

Thursday, June 26th, 2025

The fourth ITFA Insurance Committee Day took place this month in Switzerland, offering the market a chance to celebrate its achievements over the last 12 months as well as set the course for the coming year.

Thursday, June 26th, 2025

ITFA remains committed to convincing regulators that the use of credit insurance is a safe and useful risk mitigation tool that requires a far lower loss given default (LGD) ratio than currently prescribed under Europe’s new Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR).

Thursday, June 26th, 2025

ITFA Americas staged its 28th annual conference in Miami in early June. The 3-day event was attended by over 160 delegates and proved to be a great success despite inclement weather.

Thursday, June 26th, 2025

The ARC had a busy second quarter in 2025, with its members chairing, moderating and speaking in a number of conferences and educational workshops in Africa.

Thursday, June 26th, 2025

Companies across the global supply chain are faced with trade challenges. Leveraging alternative financing solutions can help importers ease the pressures that come with unpredictable tariffs and duty fees.

Thursday, June 26th, 2025

This month’s ‘Voices from our Regions’ is brimming with insightful articles from our Regional Committees, reflecting the many dynamic events and activities that took place throughout May. Dive in to catch up on all the action and regional highlights!

Friday, June 27th, 2025

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

– National Australia Bank (NAB)

Monday, May 26th, 2025

May was a whirlwind of activity for ITFA, with impactful events taking place across multiple regions. From vibrant discussions to valuable networking opportunities, the buzz from attendees is still resonating! Each event added a unique dimension to our ongoing global dialogue on trade finance.

Monday, May 26th, 2025

ITFA’s market practice committee (MPC) held a webinar in early May providing members with some insight on why there was a need to develop a SWIFT short term FI trade loan template to documenting one-off standalone transactions.

Monday, May 26th, 2025

The UK’s tax authority HMRC is keen to work with industry bodies such as ITFA as it seeks to develop standardised e-invoicing and encourage wider up-take of e-invoicing by businesses across the country. ITFA board member NLN Swaroop spoke to Rachel Stirrat, HMRC’s e-invoicing policy and external stakeholder lead to get the latest on the current consultation process and the next steps for policy makers.

Monday, May 26th, 2025

Trade finance, one of the oldest forms of banking and bedrock of global commerce, is facing an identity crisis. For decades, it has operated in a relatively unchanged structure; dominated by large financial institutions, governed by stacks of paperwork and hampered by a lack of visibility into the underlying trade.

Monday, May 26th, 2025

While the $2.5 trillion trade finance gap, the chasm between financing requests and approvals for global trade impacting small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) the world over, has dominated industry discourse in recent years, an equivalent crisis looms and threatens to destabilize the foundations of the sector itself: the expertise gap.

Monday, May 26th, 2025

As President Trump visited the Gulf, his first international tour of his second term, seeking investment in the US and security deals, the region came back to international headlines as a growing place to do business.

Monday, May 26th, 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.

Friday, May 9th, 2025

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

– Cartan Trade
– Commodore Global Services
– crediteureka
– Raistone

Thursday, April 24th, 2025

Welcome to this month’s newsletter. April was relatively quiet, with many taking time off over Easter and fewer events on the calendar. However, behind the scenes, our team has been working full steam ahead, preparing for an action-packed, record-breaking May and an exciting line-up of events for the rest of the year.

Thursday, April 24th, 2025

ITFA has welcomed Dr Tedd George as its new Chief of Staff this month. The newly created role will see Tedd working closely with the board and helping to coordinate all the different functions, committees and working groups within the ever-growing global organisation.

Thursday, April 24th, 2025

The first joint event by ITFA and Wolf Theiss in Bulgaria brought together on 17 March 2025 top industry experts to discuss the digital transformation of financial services and the evolving role of trade finance in international transactions.

Thursday, April 24th, 2025

Trade flows through Central Asia are set to increase as European institutions reduce their reliance on routes that cut through Russia and seek alternative overland corridors to transport goods to and from China.