Thursday, June 27th, 2024

I hope this message finds you in good health and high spirits. As we kick off another month, I am delighted to bring you our monthly newsletter, aimed at keeping you updated on the latest developments and activities within our association.

Friday, June 21st, 2024

On 21 May ITFA’s Africa Regional Committee (ARC) held a breakfast briefing in Nairobi shortly before the opening of GTR East Africa 2024.

Friday, June 21st, 2024

ITFA is creating a working group that will examine the challenges of financing deep-tier supply chains, as well as how to harness new technology to improve access to funding for smaller suppliers further down the chain.

Friday, June 21st, 2024

For the first time in its history, ITFA Americas staged its annual conference in Chicago. Over 120 delegates attended the content-rich 3-day forum which began with two enlightening workshops and an annual general meeting.

Friday, June 21st, 2024

France has adopted MLETR following Singapore, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi Global Market and the United Kingdom. Germany and the US to follow as well soon.

Friday, June 21st, 2024

Building on the overwhelming success of its annual conference in May, the ITFA Americas committee is pushing forward with a busy agenda of events, webinars, podcasts and industry-shaping advocacy work.

Friday, June 21st, 2024

In the Voices from our Regions you will find two articles contributed by the ITFA SERC Committee in relation to the events they organised in the past month.

Friday, June 21st, 2024

TFA is pleased to welcome five institutions to its growing family :

– Allied World
– CODIX
– Emerald Capital Group
– gunnercooke LLP
– NORD/LB

Thursday, May 30th, 2024

Dear Members and Friends,

I hope this message finds you
in good health and high spirits.  As we step into a new month, I’m
managing a few days in the office following a busy conference round over the
last few weeks.

Friday, May 24th, 2024

The ITFA Project Tracker offers a concise snapshot of the various projects and initiatives that ITFA is currently engaged in. Using a red, amber, green (RAG) status system, it visually indicates the progress and current status of each project.

Thursday, May 23rd, 2024

ITFA’s fraud prevention working group has published its first whitepaper aimed at helping the trade finance market tackle the perpetual challenge of cross-border fraud.

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024

ITFA chairman Sean Edwards was awarded the Director’s Award for the individual who has made the greatest contribution to the digitalisation of international trade by the ICC UK and the UK’s Centre for Digital Trade and Innovation (C4DTI) at their annual conference last month.

Thursday, May 16th, 2024

In April four members of ITFA’s Africa Regional Committee (ARC) participated in GTR West Africa, using the occasion to advocate strongly for ITFA and encourage African financial institutions and professionals to get involved in the ARC’s work.

Tuesday, May 21st, 2024

The publication of the GCD report Credit Risk in Credit Insurance is a significant milestone in our advocacy efforts for credit insurance. The report commissioned and funded by ITFA in December 2023.

Thursday, May 2nd, 2024

The memo was commissioned by the ITFA Insurance Committee to support the EBA with its report to the European Commission on credit risk insurance and the industry’s ongoing regulatory advocacy efforts to see a better capital treatment for credit insurance used as eligible credit risk mitigation under Basel III.

Thursday, May 16th, 2024

On May 7th ITFA’s African Regional Committee (ARC) held the first in this year’s series of educational webinars, chaired by the ARC Secretariat, Tedd George.

Tuesday, May 21st, 2024

ITFA is pleased to welcome two institutions to its growing family:

– Diot Siaci
– Lonmar

Monday, April 29th, 2024

In another bustling month at ITFA, we witnessed a myriad of remarkable achievements and activities. April commenced with events in Dubai, marking the beginning of a series of engagements that traversed California and New York. Alongside Andre Casterman, I represented ITFA at the Trade & Investment Forum held in London.

Thursday, April 25th, 2024

ITFA is anticipating “good take-up” of its newly launched Master Account Receivables Assignment Agreement (Mara) template – a new tool available to members to standardise the distribution of open account assets.

Wednesday, April 24th, 2024

Sean Edwards, ITFA chair, gave his views on the market to Demica’s 2024 Benchmark Report for Banks in Trade Finance. This is Demica’s third annual report covering key trends across all supply chain finance products.