During this one-hour webinar session, brought to you by the ICC Academy, our expert speakers Hannah Nguyen, Director – Digital Ecosystems, ICC Digital Standards Initiative, Stephan Wolf, CEO, Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation and Tat Yeen Yap, Managing Director, MonetaGo (Asia Pacific region) will talk us through: • What is Corporate digital identity and why is it important? • What is the vision behind the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)? • How does the Global LEI System and the LEI solve the problem of trust on a global scale? • What are some examples of commercial and regulatory uses of the LEI?

The workshop will provide various viewpoints from leading sustainability experts and speakers including government representatives, regulators, banks, financial institutions, and corporates. Additionally, the program will cover trends in both product offerings and strategies utilized by financial institutions in relation to the incorporation of sustainability internally. BAFT’s Virtual Sustainability Workshop will allow participants to learn standard definitions of sustainability, sustainable finance, applications of sustainability in transaction banking, and differences in ESG verticals and taxonomies. Credit points: 7 PDCs for the conference

Five days, three conferences, one host. Join us 20-24 June for a debate on recent developments and practical solutions with Trade Finance Finest. Choose from: 17th Global Conference on Bank Guarantees, Case Studies and BC Opinions, 16th Global Conference on Letters of Credit, or stay with us for the entire week.

The Uniform Rules for Digital Trade Transactions came into force from 1st October 2021. These Rules are designed to support an overarching framework outlining obligations, rules, and standards for the digitalisation of trade transactions.  The purpose of the webinar is to address the need for the URDTT, the relationship between URBPO, eUCP and URDTT, URDTT's key content and application.

Introduction to the NEW International Standard Demand Guarantee Practice for URDG 758 (ISDGP) The recently released International Standard Demand Guarantee Practice for URDG 758 (ISDGP) is a companion document to the ICC Uniform Rules for Demand Guarantees 758 (URDG). It supplements the URDG by identifying and recording international best practices in relation to the URDG rules and beyond. The purpose of the webinar is to address the need for ISDGP, the relation between URDG and ISDGP, how to use ISDGP in your daily business, and the key content of the ISDGP.

Factoring, discounting, receivables, payables, or supply chain financing - invoice financing has many different names and forms. With Greensill being the latest high-profile collapse in the market, invoice financing has become the hot topic of the moment. Traditionally regarded as one of the most conservative forms of financing, our panel will discuss the use and benefits of invoice financing and its evolution from working capital tool to structured financed product. Topics will include the risk profile of invoice financing for supplier, buyer, and funder, the legal challenges involved with invoice financing, use (and abuse) of credit insurance in invoice financing and digitization and how to make invoice financing work for you. Speakers include Michael Sugirin, Managing Director, Global Head, Open Account Trade at Standard Chartered Bank; Sean Edwards Chairman of International Trade & Forfaiting Association, Senior Executive Director, Head of Legal - EMEA SMBC Bank International PLC and Abhay Narkar, Regional Head of Structured Credit & Political Risks, APAC at Coface. The session will be moderated by Baldev Bhinder, Managing Partner at BlackStone & Gold LLC. The ICC Academy is supporting the webinar as an institutional partner.

Global Trade Review (GTR) is delighted to announce that GTR Asia 2020, the world’s largest trade finance gathering, will this year be taking place virtually, on September 8-11.This new initiative, combining a mixture of live-streamed and pre-recorded content and unrivalled networking via GTR’s dedicated virtual event platform, will offer the chance to hear the latest developments from 50+ experts on the many challenges faced across the trade, commodity, fintech and treasury markets, as well as the chance to connect with speakers, sponsors and attendees alike across the 4 days.

If you don’t feel completely confident using the Incoterms® 2020 rules and would like more clarity, then our next Live Masterclass will provide a valuable opportunity to get your questions answered. On 29th July we will give you the unique chance to sit down (via video) for a 2.5 hour live question and answer session with Bob Ronai, a member of the ICC Incoterms® 2020 Drafting Group. Plus, you'll get access to Bob's 10 video presentations that talk you through the theory and practical applications of each of the 11 Incoterms® 2020 rules in turn. Bob will provide the sounding board you've been looking for. Even after taking our courses, we know that people still have questions and there is always room to improve your understanding of important topics. Especially when it comes to the Incoterms® rules. Get direct access to a highly experienced ICC expert on the rules.

Join BAFT and their lineup of expert speakers for the 2020 Virtual Trade Finance Workshop, which will be offered over three 4-hour sessions on June 22, 24 and 26. This traditional in-person workshop is now digital and will feature three distinct modules including: Trade Finance During the Pandemic, Operating in a Contingency Environment and Processing Change. Attendees can register for one module, two modules or the entire workshop. A variety of credits are also available. Learn more today.

The Incoterms® 2020 rules are the ICC's official interpretations of the eleven most commonly-used trade terms in both international and domestic transactions. While they explain the contractual obligations, risks and costs involved, there is much more that sellers and buyers, their transport professionals, their insurers and their bankers need to know about them. The practical applications of the rules in any number of circumstances are not usually discussed by trainers. For example, up till now no-one has really looked at the application of each rule for the different modes of transport, the documents involved and their compatibility with letters of credit. However, our trainer, Bob Ronai, one of only three non-lawyers on the ICC Incoterms® 2020 Drafting Group, will explain them to you in detail in this two-day live online training on 27-28 May.