Monday, November 13th, 2017

As discussed during the ITFA Conference in Edinburgh, 2018 will be ”The Year of Africa” within ITFA. Not only will the next annual conference be held in Cape Town, but we also want to make decisive progress in terms of getting new members from Sub-Saharan Africa to join our ranks and benefit from everything that […]

Monday, November 6th, 2017

We are delighted to announce the expansion of ITFA’s Young Professionals network through the creation of a Young Professionals Advisory Panel. 

Monday, October 23rd, 2017

As mentioned during the ITFA Annual Conference in Edinburgh, we are now preparing for the ITFA year end event….our Christmas Cocktail Party 2017. This year’s Christmas event is taking place on 11 December 2017 at the Victorian Bath House, London.

Thursday, October 19th, 2017

The International Trade and Forfaiting Association (ITFA), through its Market Practice Committee, is very pleased to announce that the legal opinion originally issued in 2015 has now been updated and replaced. The new version is made available exclusively for the benefit of members of both ITFA and BAFT, as was previously the case.

Wednesday, October 18th, 2017

We are pleased to inform you that the October 2017 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.

Thursday, October 12th, 2017

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.

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2017

In collaboration with Sullivan & Worcester, ITFA is pleased to invite you to yet another Trade Finance Breakfast Seminar entitled “Trade and Export Finance: The Equator Principles – A Refresher and an Update.” This seminar is going to be held on Thursday 26th October 2017, at Pinners Hall, London, UK. Registration and breakfast are at 8:15 am followed by the seminar from 8:45 till 10:00 am.

Thursday, September 28th, 2017

ITFA is proud to announce that it has become associated with R3, the operators of the Corda Blockchain technology, and TradeIX, the financial technology firm who are to develop a DLT trade finance platform with a number of consortium banks including  ITFA members.

Wednesday, September 20th, 2017

We are pleased to inform you that the September 2017 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.

Thursday, September 14th, 2017

Following the ITFA AGM in Edinburgh, ITFA is proud to announce that besides having two new Board Members joining the Board (Khilola Turaeva and Duarte Pedreira), there has also been some reshuffling of Board Member duties and responsibilities.

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2017

The ITFA Board is delighted to announce that Mr. Iain Kirkpatrick – Senior Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, will be a speaker at this year’s ITFA Annual Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Thursday, August 10th, 2017

Kilt hire is included in the ticket price for the ITFA 2017 annual conference in Edinburgh. If your knees are not your best asset we have a limited amount of trews (tartan trousers) available instead. First come first served. If you have already booked please contact our conference organisers, MCI, on confirmation@mci-group.com giving your waist size.