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Dear IFA members, Many of us will welcome the end of 2008, which has been a more difficult year for the world’s financial community than any in living memory. There have however been some grains of good news among the bad. (Read More)

IFA’s long-awaited Introduction to the Primary Forfaiting Market is now available for download from the IFA website. (Read More)

The IFA Board would like members to vote as soon as possible on whether they approve of working with the International Chamber of Commerce towards establishing a set of forfaiting rules. (Read More)

Letters of credit cancelled without beneficiary consent are causing problems for suppliers of commodities. (Read More)

The IFA education seminar that preceded the Prague conference was the latest in a continuing series of training events. (Read More)

IFA’s Prague conference was one of the most successful in the nine-year history of the Association. (Read More)

IFA website improvements are now in place. (Read More)

Russian independent commercial bank Transcapitalbank has raised US$70m in support of a trade related loan facility that was originally pitched to the market at US$30m. (Read More)

We would like to offer our special thanks to Norbert who retires from IFA’s Board in September. (Read More)

With the annual conference rapidly approaching, applications are flowing thick and fast. (Read More)

Vienna-based Investkredit Bank AG has become a member of IFA. (Read More)

New IFA member The Receivables Exchange is a platform established to give private companies rapid access to working capital. (Read More)

Work is currently being carried out to improve the IFA website and make several changes to enhance the user experience. We apologise for the inconvenience this may cause, and reassure users that this should only be a minor disruption which should be completed over the next few days. Thank you for your understanding. (Read More)

The IFA Association kindly encourage a representative of your esteemed bank to subscribe the IFA co-sponsored event on "Structured Commodity & Trade Finance Asia" conference on 26-28 August 2008 in Singapore (Read More)

More than 70 delegates attended a reception in Singapore on 6th June to mark the inauguration of IFA’s new India and South Asia Regional Committee. If you would like further information about the IFA and how to join, please e-mail: , or (Read More)