Ed Wilson-Shah

Founder

Credo

Workshop Title:

Build Your Own Bank With ISO 20022 Playset

Time:

Wednesday - 10:30 AM (Tower A)

Abstract:

ISO 20022 is reshaping global payments infrastructure, but for many developers, it remains an intimidating alphabet soup of message types and schema definitions. This workshop cuts through the complexity with a hands-on, practical approach: you’ll leave having built and connected a working payment flow in Python from scratch, exchanging real messages with the other participants in the room.

You’ll implement the full lifecycle of an ISO 20022 payment:

Accepting and responding to customer payment instructions
Validating and parsing inbound messages
Routing messages through a clearing and settlement mechanism
Delivering notifications to beneficiaries

By the end of the session, participants’ systems will be able to exchange payment messages with one another, creating a mini fintech_devcon payment rail.

Bio:

Ed Wilson-Shah is Founder and CEO of Creddo and a former Principal Architect on the Bank of England’s Digital Pound programme, where he led the team that delivered the Digital Pound Technology Blueprint and designed its digital credentials framework.

With over a decade of experience in cybersecurity and engineering spanning finance, government, and defense - including senior roles at BAE Systems, Accenture, and Raytheon - Ed brings a rare combination of deep technical craft and strategic leadership: he’s equally at home reverse-engineering a Furby Connect or chairing a C-suite conversation about post-quantum cryptography.

A regular speaker and researcher, Ed’s published work spans automotive security, IoT vulnerabilities, and digital payments infrastructure. At fintech_devcon, he’ll be leading a workshop on ISO 20022 messaging using iso20022-playset, his open-source ISO 20022 toolkit.