Wednesday, August 27th, 2014

ITFA’s Central and Eastern European Regional Committee has hosted a successful education seminar in Vienna. The event took place on Thursday 29th April at Bank Austria’s Lassallestrasse offices in central Vienna and was attended by 22 participants drawn from Austria, Czech Republic, Germany and Hungary. Dr. Andrea Hauptmann, Vice President at RZB gave a presentation […]

Wednesday, August 27th, 2014

Regional Committees’ Update: It is announced that Mrs. Silja Calac, Head of Trade Risk Management at Unicredit AG, Munich has replaced Armin Smalzgruber as Head of the German Regional Committee.

Wednesday, August 27th, 2014

The International Forfaiting Association announces a forthcoming education seminar. The event, which is to be hosted by Bank of Beirut, will take place on Thursday 27th May 2010 at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Beirut, Lebanon. It is entitled Introduction to Forfaiting and will be led by Richard Willsher, who has taught a number of ITFA’s […]

Wednesday, August 27th, 2014

The 22nd conference of the Banking Association for Central and Eastern Europe (BACEE) will take place in mid-April and ITFA has arranged a discount for members who would like to attend. The BACEE Country and Bank Conference takes place between the 13th and 15th April 2010, at the Budapest Danubius Grand Hotel Margitsziget, Budapest. Presentations […]

Wednesday, August 27th, 2014

With less than six months to go to ITFA’s Annual Conference, now’s the time to make sure it’s in your diary. This year’s conference will take place in Berlin from Wednesday 8th to Friday 10th September. Full booking details will be sent out nearer the time. It goes without saying that there will be the […]

Wednesday, August 27th, 2014

ITFA’s North European Regional Committee (NERC) has hosted a well-attended cocktail reception in the City of London. The event, held at the iconic Richard Rogers designed Lloyds insurance market building at One Lime Street on the evening of 10th December, attracted 70 guests from across the forfaiting market. Many took the opportunity to join guided […]

Wednesday, August 27th, 2014

News from ITFA’s Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting in Rome is that following the retirement of four members of ITFA’s board, former Treasurer Paolo Provera has been elected Chairman and new officers have been elected. At the AGM, which took place of Thursday 3rd September, four members of the board stepped down having fulfilled […]

Wednesday, August 27th, 2014

In view of the recent problems in Kazakhstan and the establishment by the ITFA of a Working Party to lobby on behalf of members in relation to Bank Turanalem and possibly other Kazakh borrowers, a meeting will be held during the ITFA Annual Conference in Rome. Details will be announced during the Conference and all […]

Wednesday, August 27th, 2014

Further to our previous advice, the BTA Working Group is planning a conference call for this Thursday, 6th August at 10.00 London time, 11.00 CET. Any interested member is welcome to join. The number is (+44 )(0)207 406 2222 PIN 391529.

Wednesday, August 27th, 2014

The International Chamber of Commerce has formally announced the creation of a joint drafting group with ITFA to prepare new global forfaiting rules.

Wednesday, August 27th, 2014

This year’s Annual Conference, which will take place in Rome from 2nd to 4th September will be our 10th Anniversary and therefore a landmark in ITFA’s history The Conference will take place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, St. Peter’s near Rome’s magnificent Vatican City. As usual it is expected to be attended by everyone who’s […]

Wednesday, August 27th, 2014

Despite budget cuts, layoffs and swine flu, the Association of Trade and Forfaiting in the Americas’ (“ATFA”) recent conference was a success. The event, ATFA’s 12th annual conference, was held in San Diego, California between 20th and 22nd May. It was well attended and included a wide range of panel topics from the US Troubled […]