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TFG and WTO Launch Updated DLT & Trade Periodic Table, upgrading stage of maturity of the projects

Thursday, November 5th, 2020

Trade Finance Global (TFG) and World Trade Organization (WTO) have today launched their updated Periodic Table of DLT Projects in Trade, at the Hong Kong Fintech Festival.

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ITFA MERC and GTR webinar – ITFA Middle East Trade Finance Dialogues – 17 November 2020

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020

The ITFA Middle East Regional Committee requests you to save the date for a Virtual Trade Finance Dialogue 2020 in collaboration with the Global Trade Review (GTR). This webinar will be held on November 17, 2020 at 12PM Dubai time/8AM UK time (duration: 90 minutes).

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GTR Nordics Virtual 2020, 10/11 November – discounts for ITFA members

Wednesday, October 28th, 2020

We are pleased to announce that ITFA will be partnering with Global Trade Review (GTR) for its upcoming event GTR Nordics 2020 taking place virtually on November 10-11.

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GTR US 2020 Virtual, 28/29 October – discounts for ITFA members

Monday, October 19th, 2020

We are pleased to announce that ITFA and the Americas Regional Chapter will be partnering with Global Trade Review (GTR) for its upcoming event GTR US 2020 – the United States’ leading trade and supply chain financing conference – taking place virtually on October 28-29.

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Webinar: The Impact Of Credit Insurance & Institutional Funding On Banks’ Business Model – 28 October 2020

Monday, October 19th, 2020

The ITFA Board is pleased to announce that it will be organising a webinar titled ”The impact of credit insurance & institutional funding on banks’ business model”. The webinar will take place on Wednesday October 28th at 08:00 EST, 12:00 BST, 13:00 CEST / 20:00 SGT.

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ITFA Emerging Leaders Competition – Webinar on 16 October 2020

Wednesday, September 30th, 2020

Further to our recent announcement of the ITFA Emerging Trade Financier Award shortlist, we would now kindly invite you to register for the webinar where the shortlisted projects will be showcased and try to attract your vote.

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ITFA EL Competition – Judging

Friday, September 18th, 2020

Despite this most unusual year, ITFA as the global trade finance industry body has continued to demonstrate its commitment to the industry, our members, and of course, the emerging leaders in trade finance. As such, following the very successful launch of the Emerging Trade Financier Award last year when we had 11 different projects submitted for the jury to consider, this year’s edition proved to be even more successful.

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ADGM’s Consultation On Proposed Electronic Transactions Regulations

Thursday, September 17th, 2020

Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the award-winning international financial centre located in Abu Dhabi, announced today that it has published a public consultation paper on its proposed Electronic Transactions Regulations aiming at putting parties engaging in electronic transactions at ease in terms of degree of certainty.

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Webinar ”Use of messaging options for exchanging trade documents” – 29 September 2020

Monday, September 14th, 2020

The ITFA Board is pleased to announce that it will be organising a webinar titled ”Use of messaging options for exchanging trade documents”. This webinar will be held on Tuesday 29 September 2020 at 9:00 EST / 15:00 CEST / 18:30 IST.

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ITFA releases the dDOC specifications to help digitize guarantees & negotiable instruments

Thursday, September 10th, 2020

The dDOC (for digital document) specifications are designed around three building blocks:
1) The digital container designed using “Ricardian” contracts and JavaScript Object Notation (JSON);
2) the electronic signatures and stamps; and
3) the shared public distributed ledger technology (DLT) acting as digital notary.

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ITFA and TFG launch Trade Finance Guide for corporates and large businesses

Thursday, September 3rd, 2020

The International Trade & Forfaiting Association (ITFA) and Trade Finance Global (TFG) have today launched their international trade finance guide, aimed at clarifying and defining standard definitions for trade finance products, as well as the risks, challenges and opportunities within trade finance.

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Webinar “Trade Digitisation And Regulatory Developments In India” – 05 September 2020

Thursday, September 3rd, 2020

Join us on September 5th at 8am30 CEST / 12pm IST for a webinar dedicated to the Indian regulatory developments with regards to trade digitization.

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