Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024

ITFA board member Silja Calac is to head up a new advocacy committee that aims to build on the successes of ITFA’s advocacy work by becoming even more proactive in its approach to the changing regulatory environment. Speaking to ITFA’s editorial consultant Rebecca Spong, she outlines the committee’s ambitions and goals.

Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024

Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) often find themselves underserved by mainstream banks, as they fall between two stools being neither retail nor corporate customers.

Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024

What do a predictive risk and digital lending enthusiast, a financial crime fighter and an SME finance expert have in common?

Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024

On September 18th, the ITFA Middle East 6th Annual Distribution Forum took place at the DIFC, in partnership with DIFC Academy and sponsored by Allianz Trade Middle East.

Monday, October 21st, 2024

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

– Advance Global Capital (AGC)
– Intercredit Bank, N.A.

Tuesday, October 1st, 2024

Dear Members and Friends,
Welcome to this month’s edition of the ITFA newsletter.
Were you there? Did you hear about it? I mean, of course, our spectacular 50th Conference birthday – What an incredible week!

Wednesday, September 25th, 2024

The International Trade and Forfaiting Association (ITFA) has been facilitating global trade finance by connecting various stakeholders, fostering collaboration, and driving innovation.

Wednesday, September 25th, 2024

Some of the most influential voices in the trade finance market identified key trends and some unexpected challenges of the past year during a panel discussion at this year’s ITFA conference.

Wednesday, September 25th, 2024

More than 300 trade finance practitioners gathered in Cyprus for ITFA’s 50th Annual Conference in early September. Past events have been hailed as being legendary. The island birthplace of the goddess Aphrodite promised to be a fitting location for the milestone gathering.

Wednesday, September 25th, 2024

One of the sessions of ITFA’s recent annual conference in Cyprus was: Barriers to Success – what’s stopping us growing the receivables markets faster? A panel of three industry experts surveyed the market, charted the difficulties in growing it to its full potential and offered tools and suggestions to increase its rate of growth.

Wednesday, September 25th, 2024

In the Voices from our Regions you will find an article contributed by the ITFA Americas Regional Committee that hosted a summer networking event on July 24th in Toronto, providing a valuable platform for networking and knowledge sharing amongst the trade finance community in Canada, as well as an article contributed by ITFA’s VEFI Board Member Dieter von Boddien who hosted a summer cocktail party on the 28th August in Zurich.

Thursday, August 8th, 2024

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

– Deanna Reitman
– D2 Legal Technology (D2LT)
– FGI
– Red Sky
– TradeQraft
– VENZO Technologies
– Zurich Insurance Europe AG

Friday, July 26th, 2024

As we approach the height of summer and our thoughts turn to holidays and making sandcastles, allow me a few moments to attention to the very successful ITFA Week, held over three consecutive days (July 8th, 9th and 10th).

Thursday, July 25th, 2024

Efforts by European regulators to enforce new limits on payment terms could have unforeseen negative consequences on small businesses and the supply chain finance market, said panellists speaking at ITFA’s Southern European Regional Committee event hosted by Banco Santander in Madrid on June 6th.

Thursday, July 25th, 2024

On June 18th ITFA’s African Regional Committee (ARC) held the second in this year’s series of educational webinars, chaired by the ARC Secretariat, Tedd George.

Thursday, July 25th, 2024

On July 10th, members of the DNI Initiative got on the ITFA stage to share their experience around use of MLETR-compliant laws and technologies.

Thursday, July 25th, 2024

In early July ITFA published a podcast I produced about the association, its mission, membership and work in supporting the global trade finance and forfaiting community.

Wednesday, July 24th, 2024

ITFA elected two new board members during its annual general meeting in June. This month Rebecca Spong talked to Sian Aspinall about her new role, as well as her existing position within ITFA’s insurance committee and banking regulation sub-committee.

Wednesday, July 24th, 2024

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

– Banco Internacional de Costa Rica SA
– PrimaTrade
– Simmons & Simmons
– TD Securities
– Wolf Theiss

Thursday, July 25th, 2024

The ITFA Martin Ashurst Mentoring Programme pairs experienced professionals working within a variety of Trade Finance positions, with aspiring professionals seeking mentorship through the extensive ITFA network.