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International Trade Finance Study Plan for Working Bankers
ITF 23 Oct 2026

International Trade Finance Study Plan for Working Bankers

A four-week, after-branch-hours plan for the IIBF International Trade Finance paper, with a day-wise table and MCQ targets for eve...

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Incoterms 2020 Rules: Risk, Cost and Delivery for Trade Finance Bankers
ITF 14 Sep 2026

Incoterms 2020 Rules: Risk, Cost and Delivery for Trade Finance Bankers

For JAIIB and CAIIB candidates handling documentary credits and open-account trade, the Incoterms 2020 rules are not optional triv...

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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 transactions — misstat...

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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 solves a problem tha...

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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 sometimes have to f...

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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 paper tests them in de...

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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 demand strictly agai...

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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. Marine cargo insur...

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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 — it created an accou...

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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 agreement with each other...

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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. Export factoring a...

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