Carter Hoffman
Deputy Editor, Trade Treasury Payments
Published 12 Jun 2025
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Digital Standards Initiative (DSI) and Trade Treasury Payments (TTP) hosted a closed-door roundtable of industry leaders (including representatives of banks, fintech firms, large corporates, and government agencies) to discuss, under Chatham House rules, the state of trade digitalisation and prospects for interoperability in the foreseeable future.
This resulted in the creation of this magazine in collaboration with the ICC-DSI. Special thanks to Pamela Mar, Managing Director at ICC-DSI and Oswald Kuyler, Head of Digital Standards Initaitive at Asian Development Bank (ADB) who helped produced and organised this magazine.
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The push for interoperability and data standards A central theme in the roundtable was the universal support for interoperability to
In discussing how to transition from today’s paper-reliant reality to a digitally native future, participants explored the role of technology,
The roundtable featured a diverse mix of stakeholders, and not surprisingly, different perspectives emerged on how best to digitalise trade
A key question related to interoperability is how to ensure that the multiple digital islands and separate networks end up
