ITF articles
Fresh articles on syllabus changes, RBI policy moves, and high-yield revision tactics — written for working bankers who study after office hours.
Inside the International Trade Finance Book: A Chapter Tour
Six modules, 51 chapters and 765 questions. Here is how the International Trade Finance book is organised and how to use it after...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...