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ITFA NEW MEMBERS, Nov 2021

Thursday, November 18th, 2021

ITFA is pleased to welcome two institutions to its growing family:

– Cope Ehlers, P.C. 
– Sterling Bank PLC    

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CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE – Sean Edwards, ITFA Chairman / Head of Legal and Special Adviser to The Global Trade Finance Department At SMBC, Oct 2021

Wednesday, October 20th, 2021

I am basking in a warm post-conference glow after returning from Bristol, the venue of the 47th Annual Conference. Given the present circumstances and after one year’s absence, this year’s event was a remarkable success, attracting over 200 delegates from 18 countries!

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THE TRADE CREDIT VILLAGE JUST GOT SMALLER. DOES THE ZURICH EXIT MATTER?, Oct 2021

Friday, October 22nd, 2021

Departures from parts of the trade credit and CPRI market – in particular by Zurich and QBE – have raised eyebrows as reduced capacity could make it harder for banks to secure a programme with a single insurer.

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2021 ANNUAL ITFA CONFERENCE – 5 THINGS WE LEARNED, Oct 2021

Wednesday, October 20th, 2021

ITFA’s Annual Conference, hosted this year in Bristol, UK from 6 – 8 October, brought together nearly 200 members of the ITFA international community. In three days, market trends in a post-pandemic world, legal and regulatory updates, fintech initiatives and ESG efforts were just some of the topics discussed.

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HOW BRIGHT THE DAWN, Oct 2021

Friday, October 22nd, 2021

At the ITFA Annual Conference in Bristol Deutsche Bank’s Sanjay Raja shares his outlook for GDP growth, perspective on the tightening labour market, and concerns about inflation, after a strong start to 2021 that changed course as the year went on.

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NEW ITFA MEMBERS, Oct 2021

Thursday, October 21st, 2021

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

– ABBYY 
– Access Bank PLC                                                  
– Accelerated Payments Ltd                      
– Banque Saudi Fransi
– DP World Financial Services Limited
– Pemberton Asset Management
– Ta3meed Financing Platform 
– Zenith Bank PLC (Nigeria)

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ADGM AND ITFA PARTNER TO BOOST THE IMPACT OF #tradetech, July 2021

Thursday, July 8th, 2021

Some jurisdictions are taking the lead to promptly adapt regulations to the digital transformation of commerce and finance. This has been the approach taken by Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) which collaborated with ITFA in 2020 to integrate negotiable instruments into the scope of their new Electronic Transactions Regulations 2021.

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CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE – Sean Edwards, ITFA Chairman / Head of Legal and Special Adviser to The Global Trade Finance Department At SMBC, Aug 2021

Thursday, August 19th, 2021

Good vibes are still in the air following our successful first in person event, the NERC Summer Event, which we hosted on 12th August. The well attended event, with over 120 participants, was held at the Savage Gardens, London.

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THE IMPERATIVE OF SUSTAINABILITY, Aug 2021

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.

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A FAMILY REUNION, Aug 2021

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

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SUMMER UPDATE ON OUR FINTECH INITIATIVES, Aug 2021

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.

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TOP TAKEAWAYS: ITFA’S FIRST IN-PERSON EVENT OF 2021, August 2021

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.

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ITFA NEW MEMBERS, Aug 2021

Thursday, August 19th, 2021

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

– Investec Bank Ltd
– Tesselate Group

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CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE – Sean Edwards, ITFA Chairman / Head of Legal and Special Adviser to The Global Trade Finance Department At SMBC, July 2021

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!!!!

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ITFA IS BACK AND IN THE FLESH WITH 2 UPCOMING LIVE EVENTS, July 2021

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!

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ITFA’s GRC HELPS WITH CONCRETE STEPS ON THE ESG ROADMAP THROUGH WEBINAR ON JUNE 18th, 2021, July 2021

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.

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TFD INITIATIVE – A TEXEL SPONSORED PANEL ON DIGITISING CREDIT INSURANCE FLOWS, July 2021

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.

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NEW ITFA MEMBERS, July 2021

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

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CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE – Sean Edwards, ITFA Chairman / Head of Legal and Special Adviser to The Global Trade Finance Department At SMBC, Jun 2021

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.

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LIBOR NEARS ITS END: ITFA’S ONGOING STRATEGY TO GUIDE MEMBERS, June 2021

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.

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