ITFA News


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 newsletter – December 2018 issue

Monday, December 17th, 2018

We are pleased to inform you that the December 2018 ITFA Newsletter is now out. Please click here to open the Newsletter. 

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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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Certificate in Supply Chain Finance (CSCF) – brought to you by ITFA in collaboration with LIBF

Tuesday, December 4th, 2018

The ITFA Board is pleased to announce that ITFA in collaboration with the London Institute of Banking and Finance (LIBF), have assisted in the creation of a professional qualification course titled Certificate in Supply Chain Finance (CSCF). To register for this course, please click here.

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BAFT/ITFA MPA Legal Opinion

Wednesday, November 28th, 2018

Following BAFT and ITFA’s release of the updated BAFT English law Master Participation Agreement (MPA) in September 2018, ITFA is pleased to advise you that the new BAFT/ITFA MPA Legal Opinion is now available to ITFA members in the  Member Area of our website.

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Invitation to ITFA members to attend the ITFA Educational Seminar, London – 10 December 2018

Thursday, November 8th, 2018

Following the success of last December’s Educational event, the ITFA Board is pleased to again host an educational seminar titled ‘Wrapping-up 2018 and rewriting 2019?’’

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ITFA Young Professionals Seminar and Networking Drinks, London – 29 November 2018

Monday, November 5th, 2018

The ITFA Young Professionals initiative is delighted to announce its end of year event, which will take place on Thursday 29 November and will consist of an educational seminar and a networking session targeted at our ITFA Young Professionals community.

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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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Newly Appointed NERC Chairman

Wednesday, October 10th, 2018

The ITFA Board has been in discussion with NERC regarding a new Chairperson for the region, as Dalia Kay has stepped down from her position as the NERC Chairperson.

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