Thursday, December 15th, 2022
As we come to the end of another year, let me first take the opportunity to thank all those who attended our Seminar and Christmas Cocktail Party, on 5th December at the Savage Garden in London and equally, to all those who attended the ITFA Americas year end event at The Yale Club, New York City.
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We presented advanced technology innovations during the 4th edition of the Fintech Committee briefing that took place in Porto on September 7th 2022. Progress achieved was very palpable, in particular when it comes to addressing a major industry pain point, i.e., the interoperability conundrum in trade financing.
Continue ReadingFriday, December 16th, 2022
Eight months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, if you had sat Putin down at the start of the war and offered him Russia’s position as it is now – struggling to hold on to territorial gains in the eastern third of the country, an international pariah as far as diplomatic and economic niceties go, and reliant on making threats of nuclear strikes in an attempt to demonstrate how little the leader is bluffing –
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45 participants from 7 countries, 4 excellent presenters and a lot of networking – this is how the ITFA CEERC event held on the 23rd of November 2022 in Vienna can be summed up.
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As mentioned during the AGM held in Porto, Abu Dhabi has been chosen as our next destination for the upcoming 49th annual conference.
During the year end event in London, the ITFA chairperson, Sean Edwards announced that the 49th annual conference will be held between the 11 – 13 October 2023.
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ITFA Americas Chapter hosted a highly successful Holiday Event on December 5th in New York City at the prestigious Yale Club. The evening kicked off with a 1-hour panel discussion on Commodities led by moderator Anton Posner, CEO and Co-founder of Mercury Group with panellists Kim Cordero from Marsh, Alex Pliskin from JPMorgan-Houston, and Will Tully from Brown Brothers Harriman.
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ITFA is pleased to welcome the following institution to its growing family:
Latham & Watkins
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Welcome to the penultimate edition of the ITFA newsletter for 2022.
Time flies and soon enough we’ll be preparing to wrap up 2022!
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As in trade finance banking, the credit insurance industry has been ushering in new and innovative technology and platforms that aim to both digitalise current processes and create new insurance products.
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Banks and fintech firms remain optimistic that blockchain technology can help transform the paper-heavy industry of trade finance, despite a recent wave of news of cancelled projects and moves to other technologies.
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As the world gathered for COP27 in Egypt, climate change and the need to accelerate reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions was quite rightly at the top of the meeting’s agenda.
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As the Russia/Ukraine conflict enters its ninth month, trade risk remains high and broadly distributed across shipping and export control.
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