BNY is to tokenize institutional cash deposits for real-time on-chain settlement between industry participants.
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The US bank has taken the first step in its strategy to tokenize deposits by enabling the on‑chain mirrored representation of client deposit balances on its Digital Assets platform.
Beginning with collateral and margin workflow use cases, the launch extends BNY’s cash capabilities by creating on-chain digital book entries that represent participating clients’ existing demand deposit claims against the bank.
The capability operates on BNY’s private, permissioned blockchain and is governed by the company’s established risk, compliance, and control frameworks. Client balances continue to be recorded on BNY’s traditional systems to maintain regulatory and reporting integrity.
BNY describes tokenized deposits as as the ‘connective tissue’ supporting the merger of traditional banking infrastructure with emerging digital rails, including stablecoins and tokenized money market funds.
Carolyn Weinberg, chief product and innovation officer, BNY, comments: “As institutional markets move toward always on operating models, BNY is committed to innovating and helping define how cash moves across the modern financial system. Tokenized deposits provide us with the opportunity to extend our trusted bank deposits onto digital rails — enabling clients to operate with greater speed across collateral, margin, and payments, within a framework built for scale, resilience, and regulatory alignment.”
Early participants in the initiative include a wide range of prominent financial institutions and digital natives, including Anvchorage Digital, Circle, Digital Asset, Baillie Gifford, Citadel Securities, DRW Holdings, Galaxy, Paxos and Ripple Prime among others.