Wednesday, February 25th, 2015

The Board is excited to announce that ITFA will be present at the 9th Annual Turkey Trade & Export Finance Conference which is being organized by GTR in Istanbul, Turkey, between the 25th and 26th March 2015. Please click here for more details about the event. In line with the agreement reached with GTR, we […]

Wednesday, February 18th, 2015

ITFA is pleased to announce that it has recently reached an agreement with BACEE (Banking Association for Central and Eastern Europe). This will provide ITFA members with preferential rates for events organised by BACEE, together with complimentary passes (on a first come first serve basis) for certain events. Also, a 10% discount is being offered […]

Wednesday, February 11th, 2015

ITFA is pleased to announce that it will be present at this year’s GTR Africa Trade Finance Week 2015, which will be held in Cape Town between the 11th and 13th of March. 

Sunday, February 8th, 2015

The ITFA board announces that, in conjunction with the distribution of a complimentary copy of the TFR Guide to Receivables Finance, ITFA Members are now also able to benefit from a 20% discount on the second Masterclass that accompanies the guide. The one-day course will be held on the 19th May 2015 in central London.

Thursday, February 5th, 2015

The ITFA Board is pleased to announce the following new members. 

Wednesday, February 4th, 2015

The North East Asia Regional Committee (NEARC) has successfully held its Luncheon Party on 29 January 2015 in Beijing celebrating the upcoming Chinese New Year. During the party, 14 participants from 9 NEARC members including BOC, ICBC, ABC, China CITIC, Bank of Jiangsu, China Everbright Bank, CCB, China Merchants Bank and China Minsheng Banking Corp. exchange views […]

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015

Silja Calac has joined Swiss Re Corporate Solutions in January, as senior surety underwriter. She will be based in the company’s office in Frankfurt and will be responsible for further expanding its surety business for banks. She will report to Azman Noorani, Head of Surety and Trade Credit Insurance.

Monday, February 2nd, 2015

The TFR Cross-border Trade Forum is being held on the 18th of March 2015 in Central London. This is a one-day event that celebrates the real deals on the ground that underpins today’s economy.

Wednesday, January 28th, 2015

Last year we asked members to contribute to a survey being carried out by Asian Development Bank (ADB) on the demand and supply of trade finance, and particularly forfaiting facilities. Those contributions, together with data from other associations, has been used to create ADB’s 2013 Trade Finance Gap Survey.  Please click here.  The findings are very instructive for […]

Wednesday, January 28th, 2015

  The factoring and commercial finance industry met in Brussels for the first time ever for a summit aiming at joining forces and developing common solutions to support the real economy.  Read more by clicking here. Left to right: Magdalena Wessel (Chief Legal Counsel, Deutscher Factoring-Verband), John Gielen (EUF Chairman), Michaël Theurer (Member of European […]

Monday, January 26th, 2015

IFG invites you to a number of events which are being held through out the year.

Thursday, January 22nd, 2015

The ITFA Young Professionals Network is pleased to announce that it has successfully held its first roundtable in partnership with GTR. At the roundtable, participants discussed current trends in trade finance markets globally, and gave their views on the career prospects for the next generation of trade finance professionals within the industry. To view the […]