Wednesday, October 27th, 2021

The masks came off as building resilience in world trade and ESG ran in tandem at ITFA’s in person annual event in Bristol.
World trade is finding the balance between giddiness and stoicism [which is another take on the word resilience] a hard one to pull off.

Tuesday, November 9th, 2021

A total of 200+ ITFA members flocked to Bristol on Wednesday October 6th to attend the ITFA Annual Conference which started with a half-day Fintech briefing. This was our 3rd edition that we organised following a good start in Cape Town (2018) and a 2nd one in Budapest (2019).

Thursday, November 18th, 2021

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

– Cope Ehlers, P.C. 
– Sterling Bank PLC    

Wednesday, October 20th, 2021

I am basking in a warm post-conference glow after returning from Bristol, the venue of the 47th Annual Conference. Given the present circumstances and after one year’s absence, this year’s event was a remarkable success, attracting over 200 delegates from 18 countries!

Friday, October 22nd, 2021

Departures from parts of the trade credit and CPRI market – in particular by Zurich and QBE – have raised eyebrows as reduced capacity could make it harder for banks to secure a programme with a single insurer.

Wednesday, October 20th, 2021

ITFA’s Annual Conference, hosted this year in Bristol, UK from 6 – 8 October, brought together nearly 200 members of the ITFA international community. In three days, market trends in a post-pandemic world, legal and regulatory updates, fintech initiatives and ESG efforts were just some of the topics discussed.

Friday, October 22nd, 2021

At the ITFA Annual Conference in Bristol Deutsche Bank’s Sanjay Raja shares his outlook for GDP growth, perspective on the tightening labour market, and concerns about inflation, after a strong start to 2021 that changed course as the year went on.

Thursday, October 21st, 2021

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

– ABBYY 
– Access Bank PLC                                                  
– Accelerated Payments Ltd                      
– Banque Saudi Fransi
– DP World Financial Services Limited
– Pemberton Asset Management
– Ta3meed Financing Platform 
– Zenith Bank PLC (Nigeria)

Thursday, July 8th, 2021

Some jurisdictions are taking the lead to promptly adapt regulations to the digital transformation of commerce and finance. This has been the approach taken by Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) which collaborated with ITFA in 2020 to integrate negotiable instruments into the scope of their new Electronic Transactions Regulations 2021.

Thursday, August 19th, 2021

Good vibes are still in the air following our successful first in person event, the NERC Summer Event, which we hosted on 12th August. The well attended event, with over 120 participants, was held at the Savage Gardens, London.

Friday, August 20th, 2021

The ITFA’s 47th Annual Conference from the 6th – 8th October has at its heart sustainability and digital technologies for enabling trade finance.

Thursday, August 19th, 2021

Deutsche Bank’s Clarissa Dann reflects on her first ten years of ITFA Annual Conferences and explains why the 47th Annual International Conference in Bristol is a particularly special homecoming

Thursday, August 19th, 2021

Join us in Bristol at the ITFA annual conference that takes place from October 6th till 8th.
Starting at 9am on Wednesday 6th, conference delegates will be invited to join the morning sessions that will feature the latest fintech developments as reported by a number of initiative members who will share their most recent testimonials.

Thursday, August 19th, 2021

With England having lifted most of its domestic Covid-19 restrictions, marking a new phase in pandemic life, ITFA’s Northern European Committee (NERC) hosted an in-person event in London on August 12.

Thursday, August 19th, 2021

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

– Investec Bank Ltd
– Tesselate Group

Wednesday, July 21st, 2021

I welcome you to this month’s edition of the ITFA newsletter with lots more enthusiasm and energy, and dare I say…….it’s
coming home!!!!

Wednesday, July 21st, 2021

Back and in the flesh, ITFA is overwhelmingly delighted and pleased to announce that we are back LIVE with two upcoming physical events. It has been such a long time; we cannot wait to host you!

Tuesday, July 20th, 2021

On June 18th, 2021, the ITFA German Regional Committee organized an educational webinar on “ESG in Trade Finance” – sponsored by ODDO BHF.

Tuesday, July 20th, 2021

The first half of 2021 revealed a new set of early adopters of TFD Initiative.
In June, we invited some of those early adopters for sharing their experience around the digitisation of trade credit insurance distribution flows.

Thursday, July 22nd, 2021

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

– Allen & Overy LLP
– Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) Pte Ltd
– Orbian Management Ltd