ICC Global Banking Commission Meeting | 09-11 November 2026

Day 1 – Location:
JP Morgan, 25 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5JP (Members-only)

Registration

Working Group A – Technical Advisors (TA) briefing group

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Working Group B – Financial Crimes & Risks

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Working Group C – Guarantees

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Working Group D – Export Finance

Working Group E – Legal Committee

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Working Group F – Digital Trade Finance Standards & Adoption

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Working Group G – Regulatory Advocacy

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Working Group H – Global Supply Chain Finance Forum (GSCFF)

Afternoon registration, lunch break & networking

ICC National Committees Forum

Coffee & networking break 

Technical opinions & rule developments 

This session will provide the latest insights into the development of trade finance rules, promote international best practice and address the latest disputes.

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Day 2 – Location:
Mansion House, Walbrook, London EC4N 8BH

Registration & networking breakfast

Opening remarks: Global trade finance priorities

Speaker: Florian Witt, Chair, ICC Banking Commission

Keynote: Going for growth – creating agile economies

Speaker: TBA

ICC Strategic Cooperation Session: The Global Trade Finance Gap & Regulatory Treatment of Trade Finance

Closing the global trade finance gap requires stronger coordination between public institutions, private finance, development banks and policymakers. This session will examine how stakeholders can align capital, mandates and tools to expand access to trade finance amid an evolving regulatory landscape.

The discussion will explore the roles of MDBs, international organisations and the private sector in supporting market development through policy reform, risk-sharing mechanisms and capacity building. It will also bring perspectives from emerging markets and consider how ICC can serve as a neutral convenor, connecting policy objectives with market implementation.

Moderator: Florian Witt, Chair ICC Global Banking Commission

Panellists TBA

Platinum sponsor keynote
Speaker: Vivek Ramachandran, Head of Global Trade Solutions, HSBC

Coffee & networking break

Financing Trade Resilience: Navigating Geopolitics and Supply Chain Risk

As geopolitical tensions, supply chain disruption and shifting trade flows reshape global commerce, resilience has become a strategic imperative for businesses, banks and policymakers.

This session will explore how leading corporates are redesigning supply chains and how trade finance providers and capital markets are adapting products, risk frameworks and capital allocation to support new trade patterns. It will also examine the role of government in strengthening resilience while preserving market efficiency.

Bringing together perspectives from industry, banking and academia, the discussion will assess whether trade resilience can move beyond risk mitigation to become a source of long-term competitive advantage.

Moderator: TBA

Panellists TBA

Fireside Chat

This session will be an opportunity to discuss board room priorities.

Lunch & networking break

Keynote: Dame Susan Langley DBE, Lady Mayor of the City of London

A New Operating System for Global Trade

As trade finance digitises, technologies such as stablecoins, tokenisation and digital settlement are moving from experimentation to implementation. At the same time, adoption of ICC electronic rules and digital standards remains critical to achieving interoperability, legal certainty and scale.

This session will examine where these technologies can deliver real commercial value and which trade finance products are likely to be transformed first. It will explore the implications for liquidity, collateral and working capital management, as well as the potential to expand access to finance in emerging markets.

The discussion will also assess progress in the adoption of ICC frameworks, including eUCP, URDTT and API standards. Drawing on lessons from early adopters, speakers will identify the legal, operational, technical and regulatory requirements needed to move from pilots to scalable solutions, and examine the evolving role of banks in a digital and tokenised trade ecosystem.

Coffee & networking break

Trade, Finance and the Energy Transition

The energy transition is reshaping global trade and supply chains, creating unprecedented demand for transition minerals, clean energy technologies and investment. Trade finance will be critical to enabling the scale, speed and resilience required to deliver net-zero ambitions.

This session will explore how trade finance can support green industrialisation, particularly in emerging markets, and the respective roles of export credit agencies, development banks and private capital in mobilising investment. It will also examine how carbon markets, innovative financing mechanisms and evolving sustainability frameworks are influencing investment across transition value chains.

Drawing on the experience of implementing banks, the discussion will assess progress in adopting the ICC Principles for Sustainable Trade Finance, including challenges around data, KPIs, client engagement and credibility. The session will conclude with a focus on moving from commitment to consistent, scalable implementation across products, regions and client segments.

Keynote: Key takeaways

This session will summarise the day and share insights from G20, United Nations and other multilateral fora before going into Day Two on the solutions, what is happening and what the future looks like.

Speaker: TBA

Handover – ICC Banking Commission, March 2027

Speaker: Vincent O’Brien, Secretary General, ICC UAE

Reception drinks & networking

• Speaker: Lord Karan Bilimoria, Opening Remarks

Day 3 – The Future of Trusted Global Commerce: Trade, Treasury, Payments and Digital Infrastructure in a Fragmenting World

Location: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), 5 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London E14 4BG

Trade, treasury, payments, compliance and logistics systems are increasingly converging into connected digital commerce ecosystems. At the same time, geopolitical fragmentation, regulatory complexity, supply chain disruption and competing digital frameworks are creating new challenges for businesses, financial institutions and governments. Key questions include how to move goods, data and money across borders more efficiently, enable SME participation, establish digital trust across jurisdictions, and maintain interoperability in a fragmented world.

Governments and international institutions are increasingly treating digital identity, interoperable payments, trusted data exchange and reusable credentials as foundational digital public infrastructure. Against this backdrop, the ICC Banking Commission will bring together leaders from banking, treasury, payments, logistics, technology and government to examine how trusted, interoperable systems can support the future of global commerce. The focus extends beyond traditional trade finance to the broader architecture of international trade and commerce.

Aligned with UK, G7 and G20 priorities on digital trade, cross-border payments, interoperability and resilience, the discussion will explore practical and internationally trusted approaches that reduce friction, strengthen resilience and support more inclusive global growth.

Registration & Networking Breakfast

Welcome

• Parvaiz Dalal, Chair, ICC United Kingdom Trade Finance Committee
• Shona Tatchell, Director, Trade Facilitation, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Keynote:  Rewiring Global Commerce – Why the systems underpinning trade, payments and treasury are being rebuilt

This keynote will examine how banks, corporates and governments are responding to:

• geopolitical fragmentation
• digital trade acceleration
• pressure for faster payments and liquidity movement
• rising compliance costs and
•  growing demand for interoperable digital infrastructure.

Speaker: TBC

From Trade Finance to Commerce Flows: Do corporates actually want what banks are building?

For many corporates, the priority is no longer simply trade finance. It is cash visibility, faster settlement, liquidity efficiency, supply chain resilience and reducing operational friction.

This session will explore whether financial institutions are adapting quickly enough to changing corporate expectations and whether the industry’s current digital trade agenda reflects how businesses actually operate.

Format: Moderated debate with live audience polling

Commerce Flows in Action: What actually works – and what still breaks?

This session moves beyond strategy slides and pilots. Attendees will see practical demonstrations of digital trade and payment flows.

The session will also examine failed or stalled initiatives and ask: Why do promising digital trade projects struggle to scale? The objective is to focus on implementation reality rather than theory.

Format: Live demonstrations and rapid-fire case studies

Spotlight Discussion: Reinventing Export Finance. Can ECAs move from risk mitigators to ecosystem enablers?

Export credit agencies are increasingly being asked to support digital trade adoption, SME inclusion, resilient supply chains and new forms of cross-border commerce. But are public finance institutions moving quickly enough? This discussion will explore whether ECAs can help accelerate trusted digital commerce ecosystems.

Format: Interview and audience Q&A

Coffee & networking break

Trusted trade and digital public infrastructure: Can interoperable identity, payments and data systems scale across borders?

This session will examine whether interoperable digital infrastructure can meaningfully reduce friction in global commerce, or whether the world risks building competing digital trade blocs.

Practitioner spotlight: What keeps treasurers awake at night?

This session will ground the wider discussion in the day-to-day realities businesses face.

Lunch & networking break

The future of money movement: Will next-generation payment systems unify global commerce, or fragment it further?

This session will explore the practical implications for corporates, trade finance, treasury, cross-border payments and financial stability.

Closing Reflections: Who will shape the future of trusted global commerce?

What role should the United Kingdom and ICC play in shaping the next generation of trusted global commerce infrastructure?

• Speaker: Florian Witt, Chair, ICC Banking Commission

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