Friday, February 4th, 2022

At the request of Demica, a member of the ITFA Fintech Committee, we are sending you the recently launched annual benchmarking survey for banks in trade finance.

Thursday, February 3rd, 2022

The ITFA Board wishes to inform you that the ITFA Northern European Regional Committee (NERC) is organizing a physical event on Thursday 3rd March, 2022 in London. The event will focus on the theme of ESG in Trade: The Way Forward.

Thursday, January 27th, 2022

ITFA is pleased to invite its members to a webinar providing further insights into the transition from IBOR to risk-free reference rates. The webinar will consist of three short presentations from Mayer Brown, the Bank of England and CME Group, with an opportunity for Q&A at the end.

Tuesday, January 25th, 2022

We are delighted to welcome Pemberton Asset Management to ITFA and to TFD Initiative, our flagship trade distribution community.

Monday, January 24th, 2022

Join us on Tuesday 8 February at 14:00 UK time, 15:00 CET, 09:00 EST for a panel debate on the actual adoption and expected benefits of interoperable trade documents and negotiable instruments as advocated by the Model Law for Electronic Transferrable Records (MLETR).

Monday, January 17th, 2022

Here we are – starting a new calendar year 2022!

However, we seem to be in a familiar scenario, whereby the Covid situation is once again putting us in uncertain circumstances. We will continue to follow the situation closely and endeavour to hold live events in different regions as soon as feasible. In the interim and as requested by some of our members we will hold a series of webinars throughout 2022 in conjunction with physical events when these are possible.

Friday, January 14th, 2022

Due to the continuing Covid-19 situation, BCR Publishing is rescheduling the hybrid event: RFIx’22 – 22nd Receivables Finance International Convention. RFIx ‘22 will now take place on 26-27 May, with the Awards Gala Dinner to be held on the evening of 26 May.

Thursday, January 13th, 2022

ITFA is in the process of setting up a Working Group, aimed at creating an e-version of the URF800 (eURF), in the same way as the eUCP and eURC, which will assist users handling electronic negotiable instruments.

Wednesday, January 12th, 2022

Join us on 21 January as we will share how SCF platforms can benefit from this new option and how ITFA member Accelerated Payments Ltd already benefits as part of their Individual Invoice Finance service.

Tuesday, January 11th, 2022

We are pleased to announce that ITFA will be partnering with Global Trade Review (GTR) for its upcoming event; GTR MENA 2022. GTR is returning to Dubai on February 15-16, 2022 for an exclusive two-day physical gathering.

Monday, January 10th, 2022

As previously announced at the ITFA Annual Conference in Bristol in October 2021, a new committee focused on the very important topic of ESG has been formed. Today we are pleased to announce the initial committee made up of individuals coming from a wide variety of backgrounds including banks, development banks, fintech, insurance, asset management and research.

Thursday, December 30th, 2021

On December 7th, 2021 the United Arab Emirates announced it will move its weekend to Saturday and Sunday. The ITFA Middle East will be shifting its work week accordingly to Monday-Friday.