ITFA Fraud Prevention Working Group

ITFA, the Global Trade Finance Industry body, is delighted to announce the creation of the ITFA Fraud Prevention Working Group. The newly created working group is being set up as part of ITFA’s Fintech Committee with the aim of addressing a significant risk issue in our industry. Fraud remains pervasive and impacts both lending institutions and the people, companies and societies they serve.

The goals of the working group will be as follows:

1. Raise awareness amongst members of the risk of fraud in trade finance
2. Create a taxonomy of fraud risk typologies
3. Deliver best practice guidelines for banks and financing institutions in trade and working capital finance
4. Lead a cross-border double-financing prevention effort
5. Identify the technology vendors to collaborate with.

The working group will comprise some of the largest global trade banks, and foster integration efforts amongst fintechs in collaboration with and for the benefit of the banks. Its co-chairs will be representatives from the banking sector and the specialist fraud detection and prevention company, MonetaGo.” 

André Casterman,Chair Fintech Committee, ITFA explains the rationale: “Fraud prevention requires industry-wide collaboration; this is the complexity that the Fintech Committee concentrates on. Building on our flagship DNI Initiativeand TFD Initiative, we are now applying our proven approach to drive collaboration amongst fintechs involved in helping banks prevent fraud. Here too, banks will be the ultimate beneficiaries of such an effort and are invited to join the new working group.”

Please us know your interest in participating by writing to info@itfa.org

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ITFA has over 300 members spanning through all types of organisations involved in trade finance, credit and political risk insurance, export finance and all related matters. We have a global footprint with regional committees covering the whole globe, and a myriad of functional committees including market practice, insurance, fintech, ESG and emerging leaders. For more information please visit www.itfa.org.