Money20/20 Europe

3 – 5 June 2025

The RAI, Amsterdam

Ready for a dynamic explosion of innovation, connections, and game-changing insights? Money20/20 Europe, the ultimate convergence of money minds, is back to electrify your industry knowledge and turbocharge your networking game!

Join the unstoppable force of 8,000+ movers, shakers, and innovators from 2,300+ companies, spanning banks, fintechs, tech giants, startups, policy makers, and more! This is YOUR chance to seize the reins of transformation and redefine the future of finance, all under one electrifying roof.

What’s in Store?

Dive into immersive learnings from visionary speakers that will ignite your business strategies.

Forge powerful connections at epic networking evenings that fuel your collaborations.

Immerse yourself in the heart-pounding pulse of the global money ecosystem.

Ignite your imagination with groundbreaking insights that reshape the industry landscape.

Money20/20 Europe Is The Place Where Money Does Business. Grab your pass NOW and secure your spot among the visionaries, pioneers, and power players. Use code TFG200 to save €200. THIS is your ticket to unlocking a world of money possibilities.

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The 2025 Payments Canada Summit

6 – 8 May 2025

Beanfield Centre Toronto, Canada

The SUMMIT is where the best minds in payments connect and collaborate. We invite you to join us for this engaging two-and-a-half-day event and unlock the future of payments alongside fellow innovators, leaders and experts.

Canada is officially on the path to a consumer-driven finance framework. In the latest installment of The SUMMIT Series, ‘Spotlight on open banking’, experts from EQ Bank, FDATA North America and the Department of Finance Canada discuss how the payment ecosystem can prepare for what’s next in our journey to open banking.

Why Attend The Summit?

HIGH-CALIBRE CONTENT

Hear from global payment experts as they delve into topics shaping the future of our industry.

COUNTLESS NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES

Be in the room with top payment leaders and innovators and forge meaningful industry connections.

INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCES

Engage with the latest payment technologies transforming the payment landscape in an immersive exhibit space.

Featured Speakers

• Susan Hawkins, President & CEO – Payments Canada
• Jude Pinto, Chief Delivery Officer – Payments Canada
• Jeremy Wilmot, President & CEO – Interac Corp.
• Harsh Sinha, Chief Technology Officer – Wise
• Veena Balram, VP, Consulting Services – CGI
• Michelle Beyo, Founder & CEO – FINAVATOR
• and more…

Interested? Download the agenda here.

Save now using TFG discount code

Use code: SUMM25TFG upon checkout.

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Optimising supply chain finance: Unlocking safe, secure, affordable solutions

12 May 2025

Citi, 33 Canada Square. Canary Wharf, London

Supply Chain Finance (SCF) plays a crucial role in enabling global trade by optimising cash flow, reducing financial risks, reducing the cost of capital and improving liquidity for businesses involved in international transactions. Faster transactions enable businesses to respond to demand fluctuations quickly and helps buyers and suppliers manage working capital efficiently, ensuring smoother trade flows.

This half-day conference is an opportunity to understand the benefits of the UNIDROIT Model Law on Factoring and the UNCITRAL/UNIDROIT Model Law on Warehouse Receipts and how these new legal frameworks can help businesses access safe, secure, cheap finance to drive growth and productivity. Led by the ICC United Kingdom, in partnership with UNIDROIT.

The event is free and open to all, aimed at international supply chain finance experts, policy makers, regulators, corporate finance and treasury teams, academics and solution providers. The event precedes the EBRD Annual General Meeting.

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1-2 March 2023

Hilton Tower Bridge, London

Reconnect with the industry to understand how the approach to risk, underwriting and broking are
changing at ExCred International on 1 – 2 March (Hilton Tower Bridge – London). Book today and
receive an exclusive Trade Finance Global 20% discount!

Optimise your strategies by connecting face-to-face with international leaders across the ecosystem
of trade and insurance, including multilateral development banks, ECAs, commercial banks, private
insurers, reinsurers, brokers, traders, investment managers, financiers, law firms and other
specialists.

Session highlights include:

• Restructuring domestic debt; Examples around the world, impact
• Key geopolitical and economic trends impacting trade and investment
• CPRI market update: Global availability of liquidity, availability of credit, appetite
• Evolving trends in ECA and MDB financing
• Challenges and opportunities in Africa
• View more sessions here

Join senior decision makers and connect with the major users of insurance, providers, and everyone
in between.

Here from the experts including:

• Maëlia Dufour, President, Berne Union
• Gary Lowe, Global Head Credit Insurance, Standard Chartered Bank
• Francesca Beomonte, Global Head of Structured Trade & Export Finance, UniCredit
• Lise Kessler, Managing Director, Global Head of Credit Risk Insurance, Crédit Agricole CIB
• View more speakers here

Break out of your silo, make connections that matter and optimise your strategies based on the
latest insight from the industry’s most influential professionals.

Benefit from an exclusive Trade Finance Global 20% discount – book today.

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Effective Finance and Treasury in Africa

March 7, 2023

Hilton Canary Wharf, London

Join senior treasury peers on March 7th in London at EuroFinance’s 10th annual Effective Finance &
Treasury in Africa. Understand changing developments and the unique opportunities and challenges
of doing business in this dynamic region.

This year’s speaker line-up includes experienced treasurers – all active in African markets – including:

• Edward Collis, Treasurer at Save the Children
• Neiciriany Mata, Head of Finance at Angola Cables
• Marta de Teresa, Group Treasurer at Maxamcorp
• Chigbo Enenmo, Finance and Treasury Manager at Nigeria LNG
• Folake Fawibe, Integreated Business Service Lead at Danone, Southern Africa
• Jan Beukes, Group Treasurer at MultiChoice Group

They will discuss important topics including cash and FX, payments, liquidity and financing, digital
transformation, share success stories and provide practical guidance on how to optimise your
treasury operation for growth.

Click here for the full agenda and to register.

TFG readers can benefit from an exclusive 10% discount using code: MKTG/TFG10

Explore the latest innovations and understand the changing developments in this dynamic region

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A new era in commodity trade finance – Value creation through digitisation of tradeflows for enhanced transparency

Join this highly practical webinar bringing together leaders from all areas of the commodities ecosystem to explore how public-private platforms, working in flexible and collaborative manners, are now able to bring transparency, security and efficiency to tradeflows – allowing greater visibility and comfort for financiers, with the result – greater mobility of capital and credit for traders of all sizes and profiles.

Speakers:

Acasius Leong – Head of Digital Trade Engagement – DBS Bank

Loh Wei – CEO – Jurong Port Universal Terminal

David Thambiratnam – CEO – Veridapt

Kelvin Ling Jiehan – Head of Operations & Business Development – SGTraDex

Rod Hutchinson – Head of Trade Finance – Veridapt

Ben Hillary – MD – Commodities People

Topics to be explored include:

• Where is the greatest need for increased appetite from financiers?

• How can technology play an increasing role in attracting more capital and financing to global trade?

• Where have challenges traditionally been faced in connectivity and interoperability – and how is that changing?

• Is regulation for financiers and traders a threat or opportunity?

• How can increased visibility reduce double-financing and operational risk?

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Transitioning out of the crisis

Convened by the Energy Institute’s sector experts, International Energy Week 2023 is the global conference focused on transitioning out of the geopolitical and environmental crises facing energy.

Building on the renowned legacy of IP Week, the 2023 conference brings together senior figures from across the energy industry, investors, government, academia, and NGOs at a critical time.

Climate change impacts and projections are worsening; international prices post-COVID are volatile and hitting consumers hard; and the effects of Russia’s devastating invasion of Ukraine are rippling out across the global economy.

The energy transition offers enduring solutions, some immediate, others longer-term. Our conference is where the latest strategic thinking, intelligence, and opportunities are shared, and collaboration happens. The business models, technological innovation, people, and skills that can help us transition to a more sustainable, secure, affordable energy future.

Over three days of high-profile keynotes, panel discussions, and networking, the week attracts more than 1,000 delegates from around the globe and culminates in the prestigious International Energy Week Dinner.

International Energy Week is the essential annual fixture for those leading on corporate strategy, business development, and technological innovation, those wanting to retain a competitive edge, and anyone seeking insight into the great challenges facing humanity.

Can’t join in person? The event will also be streaming on an online platform RD Mobile – select the online access option when booking. Delegates attending in person or online will have the ability to use the International Energy Week app, allowing access to the delegate list and the opportunity to connect with others.

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2:30pm – late, March 3, 2023

Ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March 2023, TFG hosted an exclusive roundtable and private dinner, as part of its launch of 100 Women in Trade, Treasury & Payments.

The exclusive roundtable discussions and dinner was held at the prestigious Lansdowne Club in Mayfair, London. It was a monumental moment for the industry, as it brought together an all-female guest list of key figures to discuss the pressing issue of gender equity in international trade, treasury, and payments.

The event provided a platform for women to come together and discuss the key challenges they face when obtaining senior positions and how they can work towards empowering one another during their careers. 

The presence of high-profile figures such as Angela Ellard, Deputy Director General of the World Trade Organization, Lynette Thorstensen Chair of the Board at Fairtrade International, and Chair Lewis of US EXIM Bank, and other special guests and sponsors further underscores the importance of this event.

The distinguished panel of speakers and special guests from across the industry came together, to discuss how to #EmbraceEquity on a day-to-day basis in the workplace.

Sponsors and Partners

Agenda

2:00pm – Doors open

2:30pm – Keynote speeches (1)

3:00pm – Roundtable sessions

4:00pm – Networking coffee

4:30pm – Roundtable sessions

5:30pm – Keynote speeches (2)

6:00pm – Networking & Drink Reception

6:30pm – Keynote Speeches

Angela Ellard, Deputy Director General, World Trade Organization (WTO)

Lynette Thorstensen, Chair of the Board, Fairtrade International

7:00pm – Dinner

9:30pm – Carriages

Keynote speech

DDG Angela Ellard, World Trade Organisation

Ms Angela Paolini ELLARD (United States) has served as WTO Deputy Director-General since June 2021. Prior to her appointment, Ms Ellard had a distinguished career serving in the US Congress as Majority and Minority Chief Trade Counsel for over 26 years. She is internationally recognized as an expert on trade and international economic policy, resolving trade and investment barriers, negotiating trade agreements, and supporting multilateral solutions as part of an effective trade and development policy.

Ms Ellard has negotiated and delivered significant bipartisan trade policy outcomes and legislation with Members of U.S. Congress and senior Biden, Trump, Obama, Bush, and Clinton Administration officials. Ms Ellard was also a lawyer in the private sector, specializing in trade litigation and strategy, trade policy, and legislative issues. Ms Ellard obtained her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Tulane University School of Law and her Master of Arts in Public Policy also from Tulane. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Newcomb College of Tulane University, summa cum laude. Ms Ellard is a frequent lecturer at law – graduate, and undergraduate classes. She has received numerous awards recognizing her accomplishments in trade law and policy.

Lynette Thorstensen, Fairtrade International

Lynette Thorstensen is a New Zealander living and working in France. She has devoted the whole of her career to social and environmental justice. Lynette has held senior executive positions in international sustainable development for more than 30 years. Her previous roles include as Chief Executive of Greenpeace Australia, as Executive Director, Social Development and Environment with the New South Wales Premiers’ Department in Sydney, Australia, as Managing Director of Communications with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development -WBCSD in Geneva, Switzerland and as Consultant Director of Communications with the Global Green Growth Forum -3GF- housed within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Lynette has also worked as a consultant advising on multi-sectoral, multi-disciplinary partnerships with the overall goal of moving forward the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. She was the founding Chair of Australians for Native Title, a Board member of Greenpeace Australia Pacific, and a founding Board Director of the Sydney Community Foundation.

Speakers and participants

• DDG Angela Ellard: World Trade Organization (WTO)
• Catherine Lang-Anderson: Allen & Overy
• Gwen Mwaba: Afreximbank
• Helen Jones: Visa
• Kimberley Botwright: World Economic Forum (WEF)
• Lorna Pillow: London Forfaiting Company/International Trade and Forfaiting Association (LFC/ITFA)
• Lynette Thorstensen: Fairtrade International
• Mencia Bobo: Santander
• Natalia Clements: Swiss Re
• Nathalie Louat: International Finance Corporation (IFC)
• Neha Noronha: Asian Development Bank
• Raelene Martin: International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
• Chair Reta Jo Lewis: US EXIM 

Roundtable topics

• Key challenges women face when obtaining senior positions, and their role in trade and finance
• Investing in women-owned enterprises
• Internal stakeholders – how can men be more involved?
• Initiatives that work to empower women during their careers

Celebrate women’s achievement. Raise awareness about discrimination. Take action to drive gender parity. #EmbraceEquity

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Instant Payments & Fraud Management Summit

20th April 2023 | Frankfurt

Instant Payments Summit is the longest-running conference dedicated to the rise of instant payments in Europe. Since 2017, it has been successfully held in London, Brussels, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, online, and Sweden. The seventh annual will be back in Frankfurt.

This is the only conference in Europe that brings together the top 3 instant payments schemes – ECB’s TIPS, EPC’s SCT Inst, and EBA Clearing’s RT1 at a common stage and is giving momentum to instant-payments implementation. They have embedded fraud management into this show to make it more comprehensive. This is a focused day conference to be represented by over 25 leading speakers with an estimated 125–150 qualified senior-level attendees.

Don’t miss this uniquely positioned conference. Come and engage at this unique show.

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14th March 2023

Dubai Chambers Headquarters, Baniyas Road, Deira, Dubai, UAE

The 2nd annual Trade Law & Compliance Conference will take place at Dubai Chambers Headquarters on 14 March 2023.

This is the second edition of an expert driven conference focusing on the key challenges in terms of trade law and compliance impacting the development and expansion of global trade. Dubai, as the fastest expanding trade hub in the World is the ideal and easily accessed location for this prestigious event.

Come to Dubai and learn from local, MENA region and global experts.  Gain insights into landmark legal cases, compliance issues, sanctions updates and financial technology to fight financial crime.

The event takes place in the Dubai Chambers 13^th floor auditorium and is followed by a complimentary reception for delegates and expert presenters.

LIBF graduates, IIBLP past participants, Coastline Solutions subscribers and members of any ICC National Committee qualify for a special Members Rate of USD 295.00.

• The event will take place on Tuesday 14 March 2023 from Registration at 08.30 AM with close at 5.30 PM
• Delegates will attend as VIP complimentary guests to evening reception at adjacent Sheraton Creek and Towers from 6.30 PM.
• Member price includes: IIBLP members, ICC Members, LIBF graduates, and Coastline subscribers.

Featured Speakers

• Vincent O’Brien, Director, ICC UAE
• Abdulkader Bazara, Owner, Creative Trade Solutions FZE
• Ana Kavtaradze, Strategic Business Consultant, Basis Bank
• Jin Saibo, Partner, Beijing Jinchengtongda & Neal Law
• Soh Chee Seng, Associate Director, IIBLP
• and more..

Topics Included

• Update on Trade Law & Fighting Financial Crime
• Landmark Commercial Letter of Credit Legal Cases during 2022
• Guarantee and Standby Legal Cases during 2022
• Trade Fraud Detection & Elimination
• Synthetic Letters of Credit 
• FATF – the facts
• Sanctions and their impact on Trade Finance Instruments
• Ship to Ship Monitoring Duties & Legal Obligations
• Increasing Injunctions in Emerging Market
• Technology to Fight Financial Crime
• Case studies on crime prevention in SCF and Traditional Trade Finance
• Guidance for the MENA Fighting Financial Crime Community

Who should attend

• Trade Finance Professionals
• Lawyers and legal counsel
• Dispute Resolution Experts
• Shipping & Logistics Providers
• Trade Tech Innovators
• Compliance Officers
• Risk Managers
• Regulatory Officials

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