Monday, July 20th, 2020

Q2 2020 will be remembered as an exciting quarter for the ITFA Fintech Committee as we actively engaged with the trade community through a series of webinars.

Monday, July 20th, 2020

ITFA Americas is proud to release the first industry reviewed and supported Trade Credit Insurance (TCI) white paper for the United States TCI market. This paper is available to all ITFA members in the member area of the ITFA website.

Tuesday, July 21st, 2020

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

– ACREMAC
– Belfius Bank
– National Bank of Egypt (UK) Limited
– SCCF Structured Commodity & Corporate Finance SA
– Triquesta Pte. Ltd

Monday, June 15th, 2020

Another month has gone by and regrettably headlines remain dominated by Covid-19, with US cases on the increase, presently at over two million. Luckily in Europe the situation is happier, with reported cases on the decrease.

Monday, June 15th, 2020

As the trade finance industry gets to grips with the effects of Covid-19, we asked a selection of ITFA members to share their experiences of how the pandemic is shaping the management of their portfolios, what their focus will be over the next few months, and what kind of opportunities – if any – they might be pursuing.

Monday, June 15th, 2020

The recent change to suddenly move to a working-from-home model has really tested many organizational processes, practices and their general ability to operate. There is no denying that all organizations have been forced into an introspective view of their business operations and processes since the world has gone into an unprecedented lock down.

Monday, June 15th, 2020

In this interview Sean Edwards, ITFA Chairman / Head of Legal and Special Adviser to the Trade Finance Department at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe, talks about ITFA’s evolution and its Emerging Leaders programme, and why he believes that a career in trade finance is a lot more creative than it used to be.

Monday, June 15th, 2020

As policymakers pull out all the stops to prevent economic collapse in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, supporting trade credit insurance to facilitate bank lending has become of prime importance.

Tuesday, June 16th, 2020

ITFA is proud to announce that one institution has joined our growing association during the last month:

– XinFin Fintech Pte. Ltd.

Thursday, May 14th, 2020

As I am sure most of you have learnt by now, we have taken the extremely difficult decision to postpone the ITFA 2020 Annual Conference. Certainly not an easy decision in view of the popularity enjoyed by such an event, both at board level as well as by our esteemed members.

Friday, May 15th, 2020

As the trade finance community copes with the fallout of the Covid-19 outbreak, ITFA’s Insurance Committee is calling for regulators and policymakers to be mindful of the vital support that the private credit insurance market provides to the real economy through facilitating bank lending.

Friday, May 15th, 2020

The need for more and better technology has never been clearer. The fragility of supply chains, SME finance and world trade has never been more exposed which is why as an association, we – ITFA – continue to foster improved market practices and regulatory developments.

Friday, May 15th, 2020

The coronavirus outbreak has fundamentally changed the way in which the world operates. All the things we are lucky enough to take for granted – international travel, freedom to visit our friends and family – are no longer available to us.

Thursday, May 14th, 2020

On April 30 the ITFA Emerging Leaders (EL) Committee presented its first webinar, titled ‘The Millennials’ Perspective on Covid-19’.

Thursday, May 14th, 2020

ITFA is proud to announce that one new institution has joined our growing association during the last month:
– Falcon Group

Thursday, April 16th, 2020

Apart from the tragic human consequences of the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic, the economic uncertainty it has sparked will likely cost the global economy $1 trillion in 2020.

Thursday, April 9th, 2020

ITFA board member Duarte Pedreira provides his high-level thoughts on how Covid-19 will play out in Sub-Saharan Africa in terms of the impact on trade flows and access to trade finance, and debates whether or not African financial institutions are prepared to weather the storm.

Thursday, April 16th, 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic constitutes an unprecedented challenge for global trade and the trade finance community. During this difficult period, ITFA is committed to keeping its members updated on the current and emerging changes, difficulties and opportunities, and to that end has been hosting regular webinars on topical issues affecting the trade finance industry.

Tuesday, April 14th, 2020

On Thursday April 2nd, ITFA hosted a special webinar on COVID-19 impacts on supply chains. We report on the feedback shared and on the actionable solutions suggested by members of the Trade Finance Distribution initiative – financial institutions and technology providers – for businesses to remain afloat.

Thursday, April 16th, 2020

ITFA’s Insurance Committee has noted the recent Opinion from the European Banking Authority (EBA) on the treatment of credit insurance in the prudential framework…