Thursday, May 16th, 2024

In April four members of ITFA’s Africa Regional Committee (ARC) participated in GTR West Africa, using the occasion to advocate strongly for ITFA and encourage African financial institutions and professionals to get involved in the ARC’s work.

Tuesday, May 21st, 2024

The publication of the GCD report Credit Risk in Credit Insurance is a significant milestone in our advocacy efforts for credit insurance. The report commissioned and funded by ITFA in December 2023.

Thursday, May 2nd, 2024

The memo was commissioned by the ITFA Insurance Committee to support the EBA with its report to the European Commission on credit risk insurance and the industry’s ongoing regulatory advocacy efforts to see a better capital treatment for credit insurance used as eligible credit risk mitigation under Basel III.

Thursday, May 16th, 2024

On May 7th ITFA’s African Regional Committee (ARC) held the first in this year’s series of educational webinars, chaired by the ARC Secretariat, Tedd George.

Tuesday, May 21st, 2024

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

– Diot Siaci
– Lonmar

Monday, April 29th, 2024

In another bustling month at ITFA, we witnessed a myriad of remarkable achievements and activities. April commenced with events in Dubai, marking the beginning of a series of engagements that traversed California and New York. Alongside Andre Casterman, I represented ITFA at the Trade & Investment Forum held in London.

Thursday, April 25th, 2024

ITFA is anticipating “good take-up” of its newly launched Master Account Receivables Assignment Agreement (Mara) template – a new tool available to members to standardise the distribution of open account assets.

Wednesday, April 24th, 2024

Sean Edwards, ITFA chair, gave his views on the market to Demica’s 2024 Benchmark Report for Banks in Trade Finance. This is Demica’s third annual report covering key trends across all supply chain finance products.

Thursday, April 25th, 2024

Alberto Carrion Morillo was appointed as the new head of a revamped ITFA Southern European Committee (SERC) earlier this year. He has set himself the dual goal of boosting ITFA membership in the region as well as putting together a packed schedule of educational events and networking opportunities to foster better conversations on relevant market issues.

Friday, April 26th, 2024

Don’t miss two articles featuring the dynamic roundtable hosted by GTR MENA in collaboration with us in Dubai and our educational event – Lunch & Learn in California.

Thursday, April 25th, 2024

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

– Basisbank
– DRUM Advisory Limited
– MS Amlin
– Tech Cargo

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024

I stepped in recently to replace a wounded colleague (speedy recovery, Gary B!) at a Sanctions Masterclass held by our partners ICC UK. My slightly cynical take on the subject certainly got some laughs but there are some deep conundrums here to which there are no easy answers (other than the naturally British reaction to deploy humour).

Monday, March 25th, 2024

Deciphering the vast and ever-changing regulation related to environmental, social and governance (ESG) and climate change can be overwhelming for banks and financial institutions, given the number of frameworks, directives and acronyms in place.

Tuesday, March 26th, 2024

ITFA has continued its discussions with members of the European Parliament and the Council on the ongoing process around the proposal for a new European regulation to replace the Late Payment Directive.

Monday, March 25th, 2024

Representatives from ITFA and a number of other industry bodies had an encouraging meeting with the European Banking Association (EBA) last month about the impact of finalised Basel III regulations on the use of credit insurance.

Thursday, March 21st, 2024

On 6 March ITFA’s Africa Regional Committee (ARC) held an educational workshop in Cape Town, hosted at Investec’s offices, to coincide with GTR Africa 2024 the following two days. Entitled ‘Using innovative financing solutions to address Africa’s trade finance gap’, the workshop was aimed at African financial professionals involved in financing or underwriting African trade and was delivered by five ITFA members.

Tuesday, March 26th, 2024

Don’t miss two articles featuring our events in Toronto and Houston, including photos, from our Americas Regional Chapter.

Wednesday, March 13th, 2024

Voyage irregularities consist of misalignments or anomalous patterns of behaviors associated to the shipping of goods. This tactic has been on the rise and, unlike some of the other practices, can encapsulate multiple elements of tactics from automatic identification system (AIS) manipulation, to transshipment, discrepancies in loading/discharge locations, and more.

Monday, March 25th, 2024

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

– Banco de Reservas (Banreservas)
– PrimeRevenue
– QBE European Operations
– Secro
– Sparkasse Pforzheim Calw
– Türkiye Vakiflar Bankasi T.A.O.

Wednesday, February 28th, 2024

Welcome to the February edition of the ITFA muse! As you’ve likely observed, February has been another bustling month packed with events. After a vibrant Chinese New Year celebration in London, we hosted a Transaction Banking and Trade Innovation Day in Finland. ITFA actively participated in the GTR MENA with a number of ITFA speakers […]