The annual ITFA NEARC educational seminar has built up an effective platform for regional trade financiers & forfaiters to communicate and cooperate, and plays a significant role in facilitating the healthy and sustainable development of China’s forfaiting business.

The ITFA Board is pleased to invite its members to this year’s NEARC event which will be held on Thursday 11th April at the National Hotel, No. 51, Fu Xing Men Nei Da Jie, Xicheng Dist. Beijing. ITFA Chairman, Sean Edwards and Head of Fintech Activities André Casterman will be present at the seminar to share their expertise views on the prospects of trade finance and Fintech applied in trade finance areas. The event will commence at 3:00pm and will close at 6:30pm and will be in both Chinese & English – simultaneous interpretation will be available.

The detailed Agenda is as follows:

• 2:30pm – Registration
• 3:00pm – Opening Remarks – Speaker: Mr. Xu Yufa, BOC H.O. GTB Dept., Deputy General Manager and/or Ms. Jane LI, BOC H.O. GTB Dept., Head of Trade Finance
• 3:10pm – Prospects of Trade Finance and hot topics in 2019 ICC Banking Commission Annual Meeting – Speaker: Mr. Sean Edwards, ITFA Chairman
• 3:50pm – Q&A
• 4:00pm – Fintech Application & Development in Interbank Business – Speaker: Mr. André Casterman, ITFA Head of Fintech
• 4:40pm – Q&A
• 4:50pm  – Tea Break
• 5:00pm – Introduction of Block Chain Forfaiting (BCFT) Platform – Speaker: Ms. Wang Qiong, BOC H.O. GTB dept. Product Manager
• 5:30pm – Study of Risk Participation under Factoring – Speaker: Ms. Chen Xiaoying, CMB H.O. GTB dept. Manager
• 6:00pm – Q&A
• 6:10pm – Announcement of New ITFA NEARC Committee

Should you wish to attend this event, please RSVP by sending an email to Cynthia LI before 29th March 2019.

We hope that many of you will attend this event and take this opportunity to dialogue with global experts and share your opinions on trade finance.

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