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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Continue ReadingMonday, 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.
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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.
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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.
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ITFA is proud to announce that one institution has joined our growing association during the last month:
– XinFin Fintech Pte. Ltd.
Continue ReadingThursday, 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.
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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.
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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.
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