Friday, August 20th, 2021

The ITFA’s 47th Annual Conference from the 6th – 8th October has at its heart sustainability and digital technologies for enabling trade finance.

Thursday, August 19th, 2021

Deutsche Bank’s Clarissa Dann reflects on her first ten years of ITFA Annual Conferences and explains why the 47th Annual International Conference in Bristol is a particularly special homecoming

Thursday, August 19th, 2021

Join us in Bristol at the ITFA annual conference that takes place from October 6th till 8th.
Starting at 9am on Wednesday 6th, conference delegates will be invited to join the morning sessions that will feature the latest fintech developments as reported by a number of initiative members who will share their most recent testimonials.

Thursday, August 19th, 2021

With England having lifted most of its domestic Covid-19 restrictions, marking a new phase in pandemic life, ITFA’s Northern European Committee (NERC) hosted an in-person event in London on August 12.

Thursday, August 19th, 2021

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

– Investec Bank Ltd
– Tesselate Group

Wednesday, July 21st, 2021

I welcome you to this month’s edition of the ITFA newsletter with lots more enthusiasm and energy, and dare I say…….it’s
coming home!!!!

Wednesday, July 21st, 2021

Back and in the flesh, ITFA is overwhelmingly delighted and pleased to announce that we are back LIVE with two upcoming physical events. It has been such a long time; we cannot wait to host you!

Tuesday, July 20th, 2021

On June 18th, 2021, the ITFA German Regional Committee organized an educational webinar on “ESG in Trade Finance” – sponsored by ODDO BHF.

Tuesday, July 20th, 2021

The first half of 2021 revealed a new set of early adopters of TFD Initiative.
In June, we invited some of those early adopters for sharing their experience around the digitisation of trade credit insurance distribution flows.

Thursday, July 22nd, 2021

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

– Allen & Overy LLP
– Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) Pte Ltd
– Orbian Management Ltd

Thursday, June 17th, 2021

Despite the current situation, here at ITFA we had another month of intense planning towards our upcoming physical events, namely, the NERC Summer Event and the much-awaited Annual Conference.

Wednesday, June 16th, 2021

The transition from Libor to risk-free rates is a topic of top priority for ITFA, given the impact on its members involved in trade risk and asset origination and distribution, the ongoing uncertainty around forward-looking term rates, and a general lag in regulatory guidance on the matter.

Monday, May 17th, 2021

ESG, in other words Environmental, Social and Governance, needs no further introduction nowadays which is a remarkable development considering how the importance of this topic on the agenda has risen over the past decades from often fairly broad and vague CSR statements on companies’ websites and in the footnotes of annual reports to now a front of mind matter of great significance.

Tuesday, June 15th, 2021

For all the G7 bluster on reducing CO2 emissions and creating a green Belt and Road Initiative to rival China’s programme, there is little policy interest in how trade can, and should, be used as a policy lever to promote sustainabiity.

Wednesday, June 16th, 2021

A high degree of specialisation is now proven to be the key ingredient of success for fintechs. Those who claim to have a grand vision and who expand too thinly engage on a slippery track. Focus is key in order to become the best at something really differentiating for incumbent banks, preferably at the right time so as to ensure a perfect-match with banks’ evolving priorities.

Thursday, June 17th, 2021

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

– African Development Bank
– Campion Willcocks Compliance LLP
– MonetaGo, Inc.
– Nimai Trade Fintech Pte.
– WAVE BL

Monday, May 10th, 2021

As I am sure you are aware we have recently announced that we are planning ITFA’s first physical event for 2021! The plan is to hold this event in London on the 12th August. Needless to say, we are still at the mercy of our dear friend Mr Covid.

Monday, May 10th, 2021

My first job in international banking was in a foreign exchange bureau. Soon I was appointed head of a unit working with various forms of cheques, including bank cheques, travel cheques (which were bought by international travellers in their banks in a currency of destinations), money orders, etc.

Wednesday, May 5th, 2021

ITFA is delighted to announce that it has released an in-depth guide to Structured Letters of Credit. The guide can be found in the member area of the ITFA website.

Monday, May 10th, 2021

The movement of major investors and lenders to push companies, financial institutions and funds to measure and report in financial statements the risks and opportunities related to environment, social and governance (ESG) is arriving in Latin America as a condition to access the global green bonds and finance markets.