Thursday, October 23rd, 2025

Welcome to the October edition of the ITFA
Newsletter!  We are thrilled to share the
latest updates, news, and insights from ITFA. We
haven’t stood still since our return from last month’s annual conference in Singapore!

Thursday, October 23rd, 2025

Origination of trade lending assets and then distributing them to other financial institutions and investors makes the scaling up of financing trade possible. flow’s Clarissa Dann provides key takeaways from panel discussions at the 51st International Trade & Forfaiting Association in Singapore.

Thursday, October 23rd, 2025

ITFA has launched a model that assesses the social value of trade finance transactions, reflecting a market need to recognise the societal impact of deals, such as job creation, rather than only focusing on environmental repercussions.

Thursday, October 23rd, 2025

At just 22 years old, Sanjana Gulwaney won this year’s Emerging Leaders competition with her innovative take on how to close the trade finance gap. Speaking with editorial consultant Rebecca Spong last month, her enthusiasm for this industry is palpable.

Thursday, October 23rd, 2025

The ITFA 51st Annual held last month in Singapore, offered a powerful vantage point into how the trade finance industry is adapting to a world reshaped by geopolitical volatility, regulatory change, and technological disruption.

Thursday, October 23rd, 2025

The webinar highlighted ITFA’s FCC Initiative, led by Ben Arber of Complidata and Graham Baldock of Citibank, which promotes stronger financial crime compliance and collaboration across the trade finance industry.

Thursday, October 23rd, 2025

In the Voices from our Regions you will find articles contributed by our Regional Committees in relation to events they organised in the past month.

Thursday, October 23rd, 2025

ITFA is pleased to welcome the following institutions to its growing family:

– Axendo
– Freeman Financial

Tuesday, September 30th, 2025

It gives me great pleasure to open this month’s newsletter by looking back at what has been the highlight of our year so far: the 51st ITFA Annual Conference, held on 4th September in Singapore.

Thursday, September 25th, 2025

Closing the global trade finance gap, (estimated at US2.5tn), has been one of the themes of several international trade and development conferences over the last few years, particularly the last two. ITFA is one of the organisations that has given it greater prominence.

Thursday, September 25th, 2025

The 51st International Trade and Forfaiting Association (ITFA) annual conference uses Singapore, one of the principal hubs of world trade, as the vivid backdrop for themes of navigating uncertainty, resilience (and opportunity) amid the ‘rewiring’ of global trade. Is it all about ‘navigating in the dark’, and how can trade and export finance benefit?

Thursday, September 25th, 2025

As global trade has been making headlines this past year, everyone has declared themselves an armchair expert in international shipping routes, tariffs, and commodity prices. However, it’s rare to get a chance to hear from someone who not only sees where global trade is heading but is actually leading it there.

Thursday, September 25th, 2025

The ITFA Emerging Leaders Awards were created to do something most conferences only talk about: give the mic and the main stage to the next generation. What began as a young professionals push is now a fixture with a clear mandate to make trade finance visible and viable as a career, and platform ideas that move the market.

Thursday, September 25th, 2025

In this ITFA interview, Malinga Fernando, Senior Vice-President and Head of Trade Products, and Nishit Kumar, Head of Loan Syndications, Sales & Distribution, explain how Mashreq is expanding its transaction banking footprint, adapting to client needs, and making technology and distribution central to its next phase of growth.

Thursday, September 25th, 2025

In this exclusive ITFA interview, Atul Jain, Global Co-Head of Trade Finance and Lending at Deutsche Bank, shares his views on the steady reshaping of trade corridors, the evolving nature of client risk, the reality behind ESG uptake, and why the industry’s biggest tech opportunity lies in unlocking the value of data already at hand.

Thursday, September 25th, 2025

Supply chain management and financing company Done is already a technological pioneer in trade finance, given it was one of the first corporates to successfully implement the use of legally enforceable electronic promissory notes in its day-to-day business in Eastern Europe.

Thursday, September 25th, 2025

Mauritius has taken a decisive step in modernising its trade finance landscape by legally recognising electronic bills of exchange under the Finance Act 2025. This landmark reform brings the country in line with international frameworks such as the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records (MLETR) and the ICC’s digital trade finance principles, positioning Mauritius as a regional pioneer in digital trade transformation.

Thursday, September 25th, 2025

In the Voices from our Regions you will find articles contributed by our Regional Committees in relation to events they organised in the past month.

Thursday, September 25th, 2025

ITFA is pleased to welcome the following institutions to its growing family:

– G3 Canada Limited
– NLB Komercijalna banka
– Westpac Banking Corporation

Thursday, September 25th, 2025

The ITFA Project Tracker provides a concise snapshot of ongoing projects and initiatives within the association. With a red, amber, green (RAG) status system, it visually represents the stage of progress for each project, whether it’s just commencing, on track, or nearing completion.