Thursday, March 2nd, 2017

Following our recent agreement entered into between ITFA and Howard Palmer, a 30 years’ experienced banker and an expert trainer who has trained 5,000 bankers in 55 countries, we are delighted to inform you that we have managed to negotiate yet another very attractive deal for our ITFA members. This three day masterclass in International, Structured Trade […]

Monday, February 27th, 2017

The receivables and supply chain finance industry suffers from a lack of objective data which has meant that it has not enjoyed the same favourable treatment from national and international regulators, in areas such as capital treatment and KYC/AML amongst others, as traditional  trade finance.  

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017

The ITFA Board is pleased to announce that ITFA’s CEERC (Central and Eastern European Regional Committee) is organizing its yearly Educational Event on Wednesday 05th April commencing at 13:30 hrs in Vienna, at the premises of UniCredit Bank Austria AG.

Thursday, February 16th, 2017

The ITFA Board is delighted to inform you that it has secured 2 passes, each with a 50% discount for ITFA members to attend GTR’s Turkey Trade & Export Finance Conference. This one-day event is taking place on 21 March 2017 and is being held at the Swissotel the Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey.

Thursday, February 16th, 2017

We are pleased to inform you that the February 2017 ITFA Newsletter is now out. Please click here to open the blog. In the event that you cannot view the blog click here for a PDF format.

Thursday, February 9th, 2017

With TFR’s Cross-Border Trade Forum 2017 fast approaching, the ITFA Board is delighted to inform you that it has managed to obtain 2 passes at 50% discount for its ITFA members. Moreover, all other registrations made by ITFA members will be at 30% discount. Taking place in Canary Wharf, London on Thursday 09th March, the Cross-Border Trade Forum 2017 from […]

Thursday, February 9th, 2017

The ITFA Board together with the Board of VEFI, the Association of Forfaiters in Switzerland, would like to invite you to the VEFI and ITFA Bowling and Jass evening. This invitation is extended not only to ITFA members but also to all colleagues who are handling forfaiting business.

Friday, February 3rd, 2017

In collaboration with Sullivan & Worcester, ITFA is pleased to invite you to yet another Trade Finance Breakfast Seminar entitled “Relationships In and Around Letters of Credit and What to Watch Out For.” This seminar is going to be held on Thursday 23rd February 2017, at Pinners Hall, London, UK. Registration and breakfast are at 8:15 am followed by the seminar from 8:45 till 10:00am.

Tuesday, January 31st, 2017

Aside from the recent success shared in this release regarding the roundtable with Moody’s (link available to ITFA members only), we would like to update our members on some other initiatives that the ITFA Market Practice Committee is currently engaged in.

Monday, January 30th, 2017

ITFA is overwhelmingly delighted and pleased to announce that the big one is here at last … Registration for ITFA 2017 is now open! Click here for more information and to register.

Friday, January 27th, 2017

The ITFA Board is pleased to announce that together with Informa PLC, it has managed to secure 2 passes at 50% discount, available only to ITFA members, to attend the forthcoming ExCred27: Insuring Export Credit & Political Risk. This 2-day event will commence on 28 February and will be held at Hilton Tower Bridge, London.

Thursday, January 19th, 2017

Those active in payables finance (often called reverse factoring or just simply supply chain finance but we prefer to the term payables finance as defined in the “Standard Definitions for Techniques of Supply Chain Finance” published last year by the ICC and ITFA amongst others) will have been concerned by the paper published by Moody’s relating […]