Trade Finance Technical Seminar | 01 Dec 2026
ISO 20022 and the Future of Digital Trade Finance
1 December 2026 | 08:30–12:30 | Venue to be confirmed
ISO 20022 is an established international standard for financial messaging, providing a common language for exchanging richer, more structured data. Its wider adoption offers opportunities to improve automation, strengthen compliance and support greater interoperability across the global financial system.
Join ICC United Kingdom for a technical seminar exploring what ISO 20022 means for the future of digital trade finance. Banking, technology and industry experts will examine practical applications, implementation challenges and the steps needed to realise its benefits. The programme will feature expert insights, panel discussions and opportunities to connect with peers over breakfast and networking.
Registration, coffee, breakfast networking
Welcome and opening remarks
- Brendan Vickers, Policy Director, ICC United Kingdom
- Parvaiz Dalal, Chair of ICC United Kingdom Trade Finance Committee (Citi)
- Hosting firm (TBC)
Session 1: The Global Digital Trade Landscape: Why ISO 20022 Matters
ISO 20022 is becoming the common language for financial messaging across payments, securities, trade finance and capital markets. This session will introduce the standard, explain why it matters, and examine its role in improving data quality, interoperability and straight through processing across the global financial system.
Moderator: TBC
Speaker:
- Stephen Lindsay, Swift
Session 2: Structured Data and ISO 20022 in Trade Finance: Practical Applications and Implementation
How will ISO 20022 transform trade finance operations?
This session will examine the migration from MT messages to ISO 20022, explore its application across documentary credits, collections, guarantees and supply chain finance, and discuss lessons emerging from early implementation projects.
Moderator: TBC
Speakers:
- Tarun Rishi, CPTO, Traydstream
Coffee & Networking
Session 3: Data, compliance, and interoperability
Structured data is transforming compliance and digital trade.
This session will explore how ISO 20022 supports sanctions screening, AML and KYC processes, and enables greater interoperability with electronic trade documents, legal reform initiatives and emerging digital trade ecosystems. The discussion will also consider the role of AI and automation in leveraging richer trade data.
Moderator: TBC
Speakers:
- Neil Shonhard, Co-Founder and CEO, MonetaGo
Session 4: The Road Ahead: Delivering ISO 20022 Across Global Trade
The transition to ISO 20022 is as much an organisational challenge as a technical one.
This panel will discuss implementation strategies, investment priorities, legacy system migration, industry collaboration and the opportunities presented by ISO 20022 as the foundation for fully digital trade.
Moderator: TBC
Speakers:
Closing remarks
Summary of the day’s discussions and the next steps for ICC’s work on digital trade, messaging standards and global interoperability.