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#International Trade Finance

All articles on International Trade Finance — curated guides, deep dives, mock-test pointers, and working-banker insights from IIBF STORE.

54 articles
Trade-Based Money Laundering: IIBF ITF Exam Guide 2026
ITF 27 Aug 2026
Trade-Based Money Laundering: IIBF ITF Exam Guide 2026
Trade-based money laundering is the disguising of criminal proceeds by pushing value through ordinary trade tr…
Packing Credit in Foreign Currency (PCFC): IIBF ITF Guide
ITF 26 Aug 2026
Packing Credit in Foreign Currency (PCFC): IIBF ITF Guide
For an exporter juggling a manufacturing schedule and a shipment deadline, packing credit in foreign currency…
Countertrade in International Trade: IIBF ITF Exam Guide
ITF 25 Aug 2026
Countertrade in International Trade: IIBF ITF Exam Guide
When a buyer has no free foreign exchange, or a market sits under sanctions-driven payment restrictions, banks…
Bank Guarantee Types in Trade Finance: IIBF ITF Guide
ITF 24 Aug 2026
Bank Guarantee Types in Trade Finance: IIBF ITF Guide
Every branch that handles import-export limits deals with bank guarantees sooner or later, and the IIBF ITF pa…
Bank Guarantee Invocation and Encashment: IIBF ITF Guide
ITF 21 Aug 2026
Bank Guarantee Invocation and Encashment: IIBF ITF Guide
When a beneficiary decides to invoke a bank guarantee, the issuing branch has to move fast, check the written…
Marine Cargo Insurance in Export Trade: IIBF ITF Exam Guide
ITF 20 Aug 2026
Marine Cargo Insurance in Export Trade: IIBF ITF Exam Guide
A consignment can be perfectly documented, correctly priced and fully financed, and still end up on the seabed…
Special Rupee Vostro Account: Rupee Trade Settlement (IIBF ITF)
ITF 19 Aug 2026
Special Rupee Vostro Account: Rupee Trade Settlement (IIBF ITF)
When the Reserve Bank opened a rupee channel for cross-border trade, it did not invent a new currency market —…
Understanding URR 725 reimbursement rules for bank LCs
ITF 18 Aug 2026
Understanding URR 725 reimbursement rules for bank LCs
Every documentary credit eventually needs money to move between banks that have never signed a bilateral agree…
Export Factoring and Receivables Finance: How It Works (IIBF ITF)
ITF 17 Aug 2026
Export Factoring and Receivables Finance: How It Works (IIBF ITF)
For exporters selling on open account terms, waiting 60 to 180 days for a buyer to pay strains working capital…
IIBF ITF: transferable letter of credit rules under UCP 600
ITF 15 Aug 2026
IIBF ITF: transferable letter of credit rules under UCP 600
A transferable letter of credit is the instrument that lets a trading house or middleman exporter pass on all…
Understanding buyers credit for imports for JAIIB and CAIIB 2026
ITF 13 Aug 2026
Understanding buyers credit for imports for JAIIB and CAIIB 2026
For JAIIB, CAIIB and IIBF International Trade Finance (ITF) candidates, one structure keeps showing up in nume…
ECGC export credit insurance: cover, ECIB and claims for banks
ITF 12 Aug 2026
ECGC export credit insurance: cover, ECIB and claims for banks
ECGC export credit insurance is the risk-transfer layer that sits between an Indian exporter, the bank that fu…
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