Wednesday, July 4th, 2018

ITFA is again running its annual Educational Seminar on Trade Finance, in Cape Town on 3-4 September.  The Seminar will be held at the offices of Rand Merchant Bank, Portside, 5 Buitengracht Street, Cape Town and will take place on the afternoon on Monday 3rd September and the morning on Tuesday 4th September 2018.

Wednesday, June 27th, 2018

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has arrived. As a technology making waves across just about every industry, its impact on the rapidly digitalising trade finance space is finally being felt. A new white paper issued by ITFA member Tradeteq outlines how this technology is being applied to tackle directly the pressing issue of inadequate credit scoring for […]

Thursday, June 14th, 2018

ITFA set up the Young Professionals Network to develop and support the professionals embarking on a career in trade finance and to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and ideas that might be particularly valuable at an early stage in these individuals’ careers. With this goal in mind, we are pleased to inform you that the ITFA Young Professionals Panel […]

Monday, May 28th, 2018

We hope you have been able to down-load your copy of the recent ICC report on global trade. When you do, we’d like to draw your attention to a short article on page 145 written by our Chairman about digital forfaiting. Happy reading!

Tuesday, May 15th, 2018

Earlier this year the Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) of the United Kingdom published a consultation paper on the capital relief treatment of guarantees under the Basel rules as implemented in the EU. Trade credit insurance and inter-bank risk participations are analysed, for capital relief purposes, under these rules. The proposed interpretation of issues such as […]

Tuesday, May 15th, 2018

In collaboration with Sullivan & Worcester, ITFA is pleased to invite you to yet another Trade Finance Breakfast Seminar entitled: “Trade and Export Finance: Recapping Receivables.” This seminar is going to be held on Thursday 24th May 2018, at New Broad Street House, 35 New Broad Street, London, EC2M 1NH, UK. Registration and breakfast are at 8:15 am followed by the seminar from 8:45 till 10:00 am.

Friday, May 11th, 2018

Please find a link to the first issue of the newsletter of the ITFA Africa Regional Committee (ARC). In the event that you cannot view the blog click here for a PDF format.

Thursday, May 10th, 2018

Following ITFA’s recent agreement with ExCred, the ITFA Board is pleased to inform you about ExCred Singapore: Insuring Trade and Investment in Asia Pacific. This event will be held on 26th June 2018 at Novotel Clarke Quay Singapore. 

Tuesday, April 24th, 2018

Following ITFA’s recent agreement with the London Institute of Banking and Finance, the ITFA Board is pleased to inform you about the 2018 Annual Trade Finance Compliance Conference. This event, which is begin organised in conjunction with the Institute for International Banking Law and Practice and Coastline Solutions, will be held on 31st May 2018 in London.

Monday, April 9th, 2018

Following ITFA’s agreement with TXF, the ITFA Board is pleased to announce that it has secured discounted passes to  TXF Trade & Treasury 2018, which is being held in Amsterdam on 16 May 2018. 

Friday, April 6th, 2018

On behalf of the ITFA Northern European Regional Committee (NERC) and in collaboration with Garanti Bank International N.V. and Credit Europe Bank N.V., the Board of ITFA is pleased to invite all ITFA members to attend the NERC Amsterdam Spring Event, which will be held on Tuesday 15 May 2018 at the VondelPark 3 Studios, Vondelpark 3, 1071 AA Amsterdam.

Tuesday, March 27th, 2018

Following ITFA’s agreement with TXF, the ITFA Board is pleased to announce that it has secured discounted passes to the TXF Project, Export and Commodities Finance event being held in Nairobi, Kenya between the 3rd and 4th May 2018.