Payments Connectivity in the ISO 20022 Era: A Case Study in Future-Proofing

Watch this webinar to explore how ISO 20022 can be the key driver for resilient payments connectivity in 2026 and beyond.

• Several months after the first ISO 20022 deadline, how has the industry adopted the new standard? What are the key use cases, benefits, challenges, and business models emerging from it? 
• When it comes to strategic payments management, how are financial institutions balancing cost, liquidity, and resilience while navigating a growing number of payment routes and alternative payment methods? 
• As instant payments proliferate, how are organisations successfully tackling real-time integration to improve speed, predictability, and customer experience? 
• How are regions aligning frameworks to achieve the G20 goals for faster, cheaper, and more accessible cross-border payments? How can banks, regulators, and technology providers collaborate to overcome interoperability and security challenges? 

The global payments landscape is undergoing a profound transformation, driven by the adoption of ISO 20022 and the accelerating demand for real-time, secure, and transparent transactions. For banks and non-banking financial institutions, this shift is not just about compliance — it’s about gaining a competitive edge in an increasingly interconnected ecosystem.

Yet how successful was the transition to ISO 20022? With large numbers across the industry still relying on in-flow translation, how far away are financial institutions from truly building new use cases and reaping the benefits of ISO 20022?

Considering the next milestone is approaching in November 2026, ISO 20022 is a key element not only in enhancing data quality, but in the overall payments resilience strategy of financial institutions. Other considerations include the G20 roadmap for cross-border payments, the proliferation of payment rails, and the adoption of instant payments which has a significant downstream impact, specifically on processes and liquidity.

Crucially, this complexity in payments shows no sign of slowing down. Distributed ledgers, stablecoins, and tokenisation are topics that are increasingly moving into the mainstream. Financial organisations need to understand the practical implications how these innovations will fit into their stacks and strategies in the future. In light of these developments, can ISO 20022 be the key driver of speed and transparency, ensuring resilient payments connectivity?

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