Tuesday, July 14th, 2015

The ITFA Board is excited to announce that all preparations for the 42nd Annual Trade and Forfaiting Conference are well on track to ensure another successful ITFA event. To register on-line, to view the conference programme and for any other informative details, please click here.

Friday, June 26th, 2015

Did you know that as part of the cooperation agreement between ITFA and IFG (International Factors Group), ITFA members can benefit from 10% reduction to register for the IFG Annual Meeting?

Thursday, June 25th, 2015

Why does good deal structuring always pay? The long-awaited decision by the judge to find in favour of Mercuria in the uncertain world of commodity repos underlines how important it is to have a proper grasp of structured trade finance and how everything works in practice. Help is at hand, Dr Benedict Okey Oramah, president elect of […]

Wednesday, June 17th, 2015

Another week…another exciting speaker. Indeed our Annual Conference is fast approaching and we hope that you are currently making all the necessary arrangements to be present for yet another well attended and successful ITFA event.  To register for the Conference on-line, please click here.

Monday, June 15th, 2015

We are pleased to inform you that the June 2015 ITFA Newsletter is now out.  Please click here to open the blog. In the event that you cannot view the blog click here for a PDF format.

Wednesday, June 10th, 2015

Following an agreement entered into between ITFA and eBSI Export Academy, we are delighted to inform you that we have managed to negotiate yet another very attractive deal for our ITFA members.

Friday, June 5th, 2015

With reference to our previous communication dated 05 May 2015, ITFA and BAFT recently announced a joint industry standard legal opinion for banks to use in satisfying new regulatory requirements in the European Union.

Thursday, June 4th, 2015

In collaboration with Sullivan & Worcester, ITFA is pleased to invite you to another Trade Finance Breakfast Seminar entitled “An Update on Current Issues in the Trade and Commodity Finance World”. This Seminar is going to be held on Thursday 18th June, at Pinners Hall, London, UK. Registration and breakfast are at 8:15 am followed by a presentation from 8:45 till 10:00 am.

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2015

It is with great pleasure that the ITFA Board introduces Prof. Trevor Williams, Chief economist at Lloyds Bank Commercial, a visiting professor at Derby University, a member of the Institute of Economic Affairs Shadow Monetary Policy Committee (SMPC) and author of Trading Economics: A Guide to Economic Statistics for Practitioners.

Thursday, May 28th, 2015

On behalf of the German Regional Committee (GRC), the ITFA Board is pleased to invite all ITFA members to nominate at most 3 delegates each to attend this Seminar which will be held on Thursday, 16 July 2015 in Frankfurt am Main.

Wednesday, May 27th, 2015

The ITFA Regional Committee for Central & Eastern Europe held a Educational Course on Thursday April 23, 2015 at the premises of UniCredit Bank Austria AG. More than 30 participants, coming from 4 different countries, attended both the Educational Event as well as the Cocktail Party which followed.

Friday, May 22nd, 2015

The ITFA Board is delighted to announce that Markus Wohlgeschaffen, the Managing Director and Head of Global Trade Products in Global Transaction Banking at UniCredit, will be addressing ITFA’s Annual Conference again this year.