Stablecoins can move £50 million across borders in seconds, but that doesn't guarantee usable liquidity in a corporate bank account. Our £50M Treasury Test examines how stablecoins, tokenized deposits, Mastercard Move, Swift and Fnality address the gap between 24/7 settlement and fiat availability, who bears the liquidity costs, and where the commercial value lies.
NYSE parent ICE and OKX are preparing to launch one of the first large-scale tests of the SEC’s third-party custodial tokenization model for U.S. equities. The structure could help determine which tokenization model scales public stocks onchain the fastest.
Hong Kong’s HK$20 billion digital green bond offering on HSBC Orion reveals what scaling tokenised capital markets requires: bank money that works across institutions, dependable interbank settlement and payment linked to bond delivery. We unpack the infrastructure and what remains before it can operate around the clock.
Stablecoins can move £50 million across borders in seconds, but that doesn't guarantee usable liquidity in a corporate bank account. Our £50M Treasury Test examines how stablecoins, tokenized deposits, Mastercard Move, Swift and Fnality address the gap between 24/7 settlement and fiat availability, who bears the liquidity costs, and where the commercial value lies.
Tokenized payments are becoming enterprise software. Where can infrastructure providers build scale and capture market share—and what will customers pay for? This Strategic Edge examines how interoperability, integration and distribution shape competition, and how providers can translate connectivity into payment, liquidity and treasury products that meet customer demand.
Citi today expanded Citi Token Services into Japan and the UAE, extending its tokenized deposit capabilities across its global institutional banking network. Japan will support USD transactions, while the UAE will support both USD and EUR...
UK banks have put tokenized deposits to work in real customer transactions. Scaling those services depends on connecting banks, currencies and settlement systems. We examine the emerging interoperability models and where banks should invest.
DBS, OCBC and UOB have completed live interbank SGD tokenized deposit transactions using Swift’s blockchain-based ledger. The bigger story is not 24/7 payments, but Swift’s attempt to become the common orchestration and interoperability layer connecting tokenized bank money across institutions while final settlement remains on existing rails.
Institutional digital cash is evolving rapidly as tokenized deposits, blockchain-based payments and tokenized securities settlement move into production...
