Communication


Accelerated Payments joins ITFA and TFD Initiative

Monday, November 15th, 2021

We are delighted to welcome Accelerated Payments to ITFA and to TFD Initiative, our flagship trade distribution community.

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Coriolis Technologies announces Working Group to tackle ESG in International Trade

Friday, November 12th, 2021

Coriolis Technologies, a leading producer of data, analytics and insight into trade flows and supply chains, is pleased to announce several new partners to a non-competitive working group for organisations involved in the facilitation of international trade wishing to align the industry around a common standard for the monitoring and the measurement of ESG impact.

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New message on Dear CEO letter

Thursday, November 11th, 2021

Following our recent messages on the “Dear CEO” letter on financial crime risks in trade finance sent by the UK Regulators (see here for a copy of their letter and here and here for our two previous communications) we have now heard back from them on our additional question regarding their guidance on the use of credit insurance.

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ITFA responds to UK PRA and FCA letter on trade finance

Friday, November 5th, 2021

As we announced in our communication of 6th October, ITFA responded to the “Dear CEO “ letter sent out by the UK Regulators on 9th September 2021 and asked for clarification on some of their guidance. A copy of the Regulator’s letter is here and our response is here.

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Virtual Conference – Future of Strategy 2021: Beyond Sustainability, 8-12 November

Monday, November 1st, 2021

ITFA is pleased to announce that Coriolis Technologies is delighted to be running a third, virtual conference between the 8th and 12th November 2021.

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Insurance Committee Communication

Monday, November 1st, 2021

Today is an important day in the EU’s regulatory agenda with the publication of two pieces of draft legislation intended to implement the remaining elements of the Basel Accord on Banking regulatory capital: the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR3) and the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD6).

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LIBOR amendment documents

Wednesday, October 27th, 2021

The transition to risk free rates away from LIBOR affects market standard documentation such as the Master Participation Agreement widely used for distribution of trade assets. ITFA, BAFT and law firm Sullivan & Worcester have therefore produced amendment agreements to the 2008 and 2018 English law master participation agreements and the 2010 and 2019 New York law versions as well as amended versions of the full agreements.

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Announcement of our new Basel III compliant policy

Friday, October 15th, 2021

After three years of effort and numerous negotiations with insurers, banks, law firms and brokage firms, ITFA has released a Basel III policy form which elevates policy wordings and enhances market efficiency based on an original policy form developed by Willis Towers Watson.

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TFG launches new ‘Trade Finance’ app

Friday, October 15th, 2021

Trade Finance Global (TFG) has just launched its new ‘Trade Finance’ app on iOS and Android. With over 160,000 monthly readers, TFG launched the Trade Finance app to help the trade community make sense of the world of international trade and finance.

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GTR+ SCF supplement

Wednesday, October 13th, 2021

Following the growing request at the event last week, GTR, as proud partner of ITFA, would like you to have access to read the latest GTR + SCF supplement – GTR’s first ever annual supplement dedicated entirely to the increasingly popular financing technique, packed with in-depth reports from the editorial team and a wealth of contributed content from partner institutions.

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ITFA, Deutsche Bank and Sullivan launch 3rd Edition of ‘A Guide to Receivables Finance’

Monday, October 11th, 2021

ITFA has partnered with Deutsche Bank and international law firm Sullivan, to publish the 3rd Edition of ‘A Guide to Receivables Finance.’

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Announcing one of the conference speakers, Bristol 2021 – Professor Sarah Green

Wednesday, August 18th, 2021

As we count down to ITFA 2021 we are pleased to announce Professor Sarah Green of the Law Commission of England and Wales as speaker. She will be presenting the session ”Back to the Future: the new-old life of the Bill of Exchange and Promissory Note.”

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