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ITFA 46th Annual International Trade and Forfaiting Conference, 4-6 September 2019 – Hungary, Budapest

Thursday, January 24th, 2019

ITFA is pleased to announce that the 2019 Annual Conference will be held in Budapest, Hungary. The 46th ITFA Annual International Trade and Forfaiting Conference will be held between 4-6 September, 2019 at the Budapest Marriott Hotel, tucked along the banks of the Danube River.

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GTR Africa 2019, 14-15 March – discounted passes for ITFA members

Thursday, January 24th, 2019

The ITFA Board is pleased to announce that ITFA will partner with Global Trade Review (GTR) for the GTR Africa 2019 event, an annual highlight for key players in the Africa trade, commodity and export finance market. GTR Africa returns once again to Cape Town as the regional flagship event on March 14-15. 

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ITFA Mentorship Scheme 2019

Tuesday, January 15th, 2019

As you may know, one of the flagship initiatives of the ITFA Young Professionals programme is the Martin Ashurst Trade Finance Mentorship Scheme. This scheme adds significant value to the industry as we get some of the more experienced members of our market to generously share their knowledge and insight with those with less experience, […]

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Fintech Seminar (Open To YPs Only) & Charity Pub Quiz (Open To All ITFA Members), London

Tuesday, January 8th, 2019

The ITFA YP panel and Tradeteq are pleased to announce that they will be organising a Fintech Seminar for all Young Professionals in the industry. However, capacity is limited and therefore registrations will be on a first come first serve basis. The Seminar which is being held on Wednesday 20 March 2019, will take place at the Tradeteq offices – 15 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N […]

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ITFA Fintech discovery day for Nordic market – 27 February 2019

Thursday, December 20th, 2018

Save-the-date: 27 February 2019 – ITFA Fintech discovery day – Helsinki, Finland ITFA Fintech discovery day – actionable technology innovations for SME Lending and Trade Finance – in association with Finnish Fintech Ecosystem, OP Financial Group, SEB and Standard Chartered Bank Innovations in trade finance are making headlines. Transaction analytics, platform-based communities, data technologies, artificial […]

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GTR MENA 2019 – discounted passes for ITFA members

Wednesday, December 19th, 2018

The ITFA Board is pleased to announce that ITFA will once again partner with GTR at the GTR Mena 2019, which will be held between 18th and 21st February 2019 at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel, Dubai. 

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ITFA NERC Educational Seminar And Networking Drinks, London – 27 February 2019

Friday, December 14th, 2018

The ITFA Board on behalf of NERC, the Northern European Regional Committee, would like to invite all ITFA members to an ITFA Educational Seminar being organised in London on the 27th February 2019, followed by Networking Drinks.

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S & W Trade Finance Breakfast Seminar – 13 December 2018, London

Wednesday, December 5th, 2018

In collaboration with Sullivan & Worcester, ITFA is pleased to invite you to yet another Trade Finance Breakfast Seminar entitled: ”Thoughts from 2018 for Structuring Trade and Related Financings – Avoiding Pitfalls and Getting Deals Done”. This seminar is going to be held on Thursday 13th December 2018, at New Broad Street House, 35 New Broad Street, London, EC2M 1NH, UK. Registration and breakfast are at […]

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ITFA and VEFI Christmas Cocktail, Zurich – 5 December 2018

Friday, November 2nd, 2018

ITFA and the Association of Forfaiters in Switzerland (VEFI) would like to invite you to the VEFI Christmas Cocktail 2018. This event is being held in Zurich on Wednesday, 5 December from 17:30 hrs till 20:00 hrs. To view the formal invite, please click here. This event is sponsored by ITFA.

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SERC & ITFA Insurance Committee Event, Paris – Presentations and Photos now on the ITFA website

Tuesday, October 16th, 2018

On the 10th October 2018, the ITFA Insurance Committee held another interesting seminar in Paris with about 70 attendees. In four short presentations, underwriters and brokers led the audience through the different options banks have to mitigate their risks originated from trade finance and transaction banking through cooperation with insurance companies. The speakers were; Silja Calac […]

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Insuring Short Term Trade Finance Conference, London – 27 November 2018

Friday, October 12th, 2018

The ITFA Board is pleased to inform you about the upcoming event; Insuring Short Term Trade Finance conference. This event will be held on 27th November 2018 in London. We are also pleased to announce that Lora Pillow, ITFA Deputy Chairperson and Head of Communications and Memership, will be speaking at this event.

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ITFA GRC event, 22 November 2018 – Munich

Monday, October 8th, 2018

The ITFA Board is pleased to announce that the ITFA GRC will be holding its Fall workshop on November 22, 2018 in Munich. The event is for ITFA Members only, with a maximum of 3 senior market participants per Member institution. The language of the workshop will be German.

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