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.

Thursday, May 21st, 2015

We are pleased to inform you that the May 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, May 20th, 2015

As part of the partnership agreement signed between ITFA and GTR, we are pleased to announce that GTR is offering the opportunity for 1 ITFA member to attend the GTR Asia Supply Chain Finance Conference 2015, which is going to be held in Hong Kong on 2 June, 2015, for free.  Those ITFA members interested in […]

Thursday, May 7th, 2015

In collaboration with Sullivan & Worcester, ITFA is pleased to invite you to yet another Trade Finance Breakfast Seminar entitled “Sullivan & Worcester’s Article 194 opinion on the BAFT Master Participation agreement”. This seminar is going to be held on Thursday 28th May, at Pinners Hall, London, UK. Registration and breakfast are at 8:15 am followed by a presentation from 8:45 till 10:00 am.

Tuesday, May 5th, 2015

The International Trade and Forfaiting Association (ITFA) and BAFT, an international financial services association, announced today a joint industry standard legal opinion for banks to use in satisfying new regulatory requirements in the European Union.

Monday, May 4th, 2015

On behalf of the Northern European Regional Committee (NERC) and in collaboration with Credit Europe Bank N.V., the Board of ITFA is pleased to invite all ITFA members to nominate 2 delegates each, to attend the NERC Amsterdam Spring Event, which will be held on 10 June 2015 at the College Hotel Amsterdam.

Tuesday, April 28th, 2015

As part of the Board’s efforts to provide more to its members, ITFA is pleased to announce that it has recently reached an agreement with eBSI Export Academy, Certified Online Training in Export, Finance and Supply Chain Management (SCM). eBSI has kindly offered our members 2 free online courses in the Finance of International Trade […]