Friday, January 27th, 2023

Welcome to the first ITFA newsletter of 2023, a year which I believe will be an eventful one and, if I can be boldly optimistic, far from an unprofitable one.

Thursday, January 26th, 2023

We all love a Megatrend and 2023 will be full of them: recession, inflation or stagflation, energy transition, geopolitics and global decoupling, the protracted nature of the Russia-Ukraine crisis, China’s economy and foreign policy stance.

Friday, January 27th, 2023

Like so many brave souls, my thoughts naturally turn at this time of the year to the unscientific art of predicting what will happen over the next 12 months. When I wrote last year, I gave myself a massive hedge – that all depended on there being no war in Europe.

Thursday, January 26th, 2023

The ITFA Africa Regional Committee’s first official mandate came to an end in November 2022 and an election was held to select those joining the second mandate, between 2022 and 2025. According to the ITFA ARC statutes, any ITFA member with business involving Africa can submit its candidacy to join the Committee.

Thursday, January 26th, 2023

We are pleased to announce that Ms. Helena Belingar, General Manager of NLB has joined the Board of the Central and Eastern European Regional Committee – CEERC.

Friday, January 27th, 2023

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

Veefin Solutions Pvt Ltd

Thursday, December 15th, 2022

As we come to the end of another year, let me first take the opportunity to thank all those who attended our Seminar and Christmas Cocktail Party, on 5th December at the Savage Garden in London and equally, to all those who attended the ITFA Americas year end event at The Yale Club, New York City.

Friday, December 16th, 2022

We presented advanced technology innovations during the 4th edition of the Fintech Committee briefing that took place in Porto on September 7th 2022. Progress achieved was very palpable, in particular when it comes to addressing a major industry pain point, i.e., the interoperability conundrum in trade financing.

Friday, December 16th, 2022

Eight months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, if you had sat Putin down at the start of the war and offered him Russia’s position as it is now – struggling to hold on to territorial gains in the eastern third of the country, an international pariah as far as diplomatic and economic niceties go, and reliant on making threats of nuclear strikes in an attempt to demonstrate how little the leader is bluffing –

Friday, December 16th, 2022

45 participants from 7 countries, 4 excellent presenters and a lot of networking – this is how the ITFA CEERC event held on the 23rd of November 2022 in Vienna can be summed up.

Friday, December 16th, 2022

As mentioned during the AGM held in Porto, Abu Dhabi has been chosen as our next destination for the upcoming 49th annual conference.

During the year end event in London, the ITFA chairperson, Sean Edwards announced that the 49th annual conference will be held between the 11 – 13 October 2023.

Friday, December 16th, 2022

ITFA Americas Chapter hosted a highly successful Holiday Event on December 5th in New York City at the prestigious Yale Club. The evening kicked off with a 1-hour panel discussion on Commodities led by moderator Anton Posner, CEO and Co-founder of Mercury Group with panellists Kim Cordero from Marsh, Alex Pliskin from JPMorgan-Houston, and Will Tully from Brown Brothers Harriman.