Monday, August 20th, 2018

The ITFA Board is delighted to announce that Mr. Etienne Welgemoed, from Ernst and Young, will be one of the speakers at this year’s ITFA Annual Conference in Cape Town, South Africa. The session Etienne will be presenting is about New standards in accounting and how it will affect the trade finance market: IFRS 9.

Friday, August 10th, 2018

”At present, $9 trillion of trade finance is coming from banks, and so far, only a negligible additional amount from institutional investors. This compares with a $29 trillion corporate bond market which is predominantly financed by institutional investors”, said Christoph Gugelmann, co-founder and CEO of trade finance investment marketplace Tradeteq.

Wednesday, August 8th, 2018

The ITFA Board is excited to welcome you at the ITFA Conference in Cape Town. With only a few weeks to go, the excitement is mounting and we are all looking forward to a very fruitful few days, in what will be our very first ITFA Conference taking place in Africa.

Tuesday, August 7th, 2018

The ITFA Board is excited to welcome you at the ITFA Conference in Cape Town. With less than one month to go, all final preparations are falling into place. We are pleased to announce that Andrew van den Born – Willis Tower Watson, will be moderating the insurance panel session titled: ”Credit Insurance in Africa and beyond: A view from the private and public […]

Monday, August 6th, 2018

The ITFA German Regional Committee (GRC) is organizing its Fall workshop on Thursday, 22 November, 2018 in Munich. This event is for ITFA Members only, with a maximum of 3 senior market participants per Member institution. An RSVP address will be provided once the invitation email is sent out some time in September.

Tuesday, July 31st, 2018

With only one month to go to the ITFA Annual Conference in Cape Town, South Africa, the ITFA Board is pleased to announce that André Casterman, Chair ITFA Fintech Committee, will be moderating the panel session titled: ”The 2020 Trade Finance landscape – how FinTech will help us transform and grow African and cross-border business.” […]

Thursday, July 26th, 2018

Trade finance is a reliable and low risk asset class and should be looked upon favourably by regulators, industry stakeholders and institutional investors.”, said Daniel Schmand, Chair of the ICC Banking Commission and Global Head of Trade Finance at Deutsche Bank.

Wednesday, July 25th, 2018

We are pleased to inform you that the July 2018 ITFA Newsletter is now out. Please click here to open the Newsletter. In this special fintech edition, one can find the following articles:

Tuesday, July 24th, 2018

The ITFA Board is delighted to announce that Mr. Félix Prévost from HSBC will present one of the sessions at the  ITFA Annual Conference in Cape Town, South Africa titled ”Basel IV: Levelling the playing field.”

Monday, July 23rd, 2018

Join delegates from Deutsche Bank, Afreximbank, Bank of America, Standard Bank, Willis, First Rand, Sumitomo, Bank of China and many, many others from the worlds of trade and supply chain finance, insurance and fintech at the highlight of the trade finance calendar: ITFA 2018.

Tuesday, July 17th, 2018

With the ITFA 45th Annual Trade and Forfaiting Conference just around the corner, the ITFA Board is delighted to announce that Peter Mulroy from FCI and Vinod Madhavan from Standard Bank, will be heading one of the sessions in Cape Town, South Africa. This joint session is titled ”Supply Chain Finance – New Perspectives and […]

Monday, July 9th, 2018

The ITFA Board is delighted to announce that Mr. Jean Craven, CEO – Barak Fund Management, will be the key-note speaker at this year’s ITFA Annual Conference in Cape Town, South Africa.