https://cryptobanking.news/banks/bochk/Verified items about Bank of China (Hong Kong)https://cryptobanking.news/item/bochk-tokenised-cebm-ensemble-tx-24-7/https://cryptobanking.news/item/bochk-tokenised-cebm-ensemble-tx-24-7/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTBank of China (Hong Kong) said on 2 November 2026 that, in the pilot phase of the HKMA's Ensemble TX, it has introduced tokenised Central Bank Money (CeBM) as the settlement asset for interbank tokenised deposit transfers and has completed multiple real-value transactions on a 24/7 basis. BOCHK says it supported Ant International in the first batch of real-time cross-border and interbank fund transfers using tokenised deposits, and, with BOC Macau, helped institutional clients subscribe to the ChinaAMC RMB Digital Money Market Fund and trade the ChinaAMC HKD Digital Money Market Fund in the secondary market with tokenised deposits. As at the end of October, BOCHK has processed more than HK$2.3 billion in real-value transactions on Ensemble TX, which also included tokenised-deposit cash settlement for the HKSAR Government's Fourth Digital Green Bonds Offering and a forfaiting transaction. Source: https://www.bochk.com/dam/bochk/desktop/top/aboutus/pressrelease2/2026/261102079_Press_Release_EN.pdftokenized-depositscbdchttps://cryptobanking.news/item/hkma-ensemble-tx-24-7-real-value-stablecoin-trials/https://cryptobanking.news/item/hkma-ensemble-tx-24-7-real-value-stablecoin-trials/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Hong Kong Monetary Authority said on 2 November 2026, at Hong Kong FinTech Week, that it has advanced Ensemble TX to a new stage enabling 24/7 real-value transactions, and has completed trial trades in which Recognised Dealers conducted secondary market transactions of tokenised Exchange Fund Bills; it said it will soon expand the trials to include regulated stablecoins. With Cyberport, the HKMA launched tConnect Launchpad to explore and validate tokenisation use cases. The same release announced Project SAGE on agentic finance, a post-quantum cryptography (PQC) toolkit for banks, and a Faster Payment System link with UnionPay International by the end of this year. Source: https://www.hkma.gov.hk/eng/news-and-media/press-releases/2026/11/20261102-3/tokenized-depositsstablecoinsregulationhttps://cryptobanking.news/item/hkma-ensemble-tx-24-7-tokenised-cebm-settlement/https://cryptobanking.news/item/hkma-ensemble-tx-24-7-tokenised-cebm-settlement/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Hong Kong Monetary Authority announced on 2 November 2026 that Ensemble TX, the pilot phase of Project Ensemble, now supports interbank settlement of tokenised deposit transactions in tokenised Central Bank Money (CeBM) on a 24/7 basis, and that its participating banks and industry pioneers have increased to 12 and 20 respectively. Launched in November 2025, Ensemble TX initially used the HKD Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system to settle interbank tokenised deposit transactions in a controlled real-value pilot, including corporate treasury management and tokenised money market fund transactions. The release's Annex A lists the tokenised deposit banks newly joined in 2026 as Bank of Communications (Hong Kong), China CITIC Bank International, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia), Industrial Bank Co., Ltd. Hong Kong Branch and Nanyang Commercial Bank. Source: https://www.hkma.gov.hk/eng/news-and-media/press-releases/2026/11/20261102-5/tokenized-depositscbdchttps://cryptobanking.news/item/stanchart-tokenised-deposits-hong-kong-ensemble-tx/https://cryptobanking.news/item/stanchart-tokenised-deposits-hong-kong-ensemble-tx/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTStandard Chartered announced on 2 November 2026 the launch of its Tokenised Deposits solution in Hong Kong, the first market in the Group to offer it to corporate clients; the bank plans to expand the solution to more markets over time. Built on Standard Chartered's proprietary blockchain infrastructure and powered by the HKMA's Ensemble TX, it lets tokenised deposits move in real time across participating banks, with interbank settlement in central bank money, including wholesale central bank digital currency (wCBDC), on a 24/7 basis. The bank says China AMC, Finloop and PantherTrade are executing live tokenised deposit transactions and settlement of tokenised money market funds, that it is partnering with Fireblocks, and that HashKey also joins the ecosystem. Source: https://www.sc.com/en/press-release/standard-chartered-launches-tokenised-deposits-in-hong-kong/tokenized-depositscbdchttps://cryptobanking.news/item/anchorpoint-solana-foundation-hkdap-collaboration/https://cryptobanking.news/item/anchorpoint-solana-foundation-hkdap-collaboration/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTAnchorpoint Financial, the HKMA-licensed stablecoin issuer that is a subsidiary of Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong), announced on 30 October 2026 a strategic collaboration with Solana Foundation to expand its Hong Kong dollar stablecoin HKDAP to Solana, planning native minting and redemption on the Solana blockchain to support retail, payment, tokenised RWA trading and other high-volume use cases. Solana Foundation will also join Anchorpoint's Tokenised Money Adoption Programme (TAP) as a strategic partner, following the recent addition of PwC; Anchorpoint describes it as its first collaboration with a public blockchain foundation. Source: https://anchorpoint.hk/uploads/2026/10/Anchorpoint-Enters-into-Strategic-Collaboration-with-Solana-Foundation-to-Explore-Expanding-Global-Access-to-HKDAP-1.pdfstablecoinspaymentshttps://cryptobanking.news/item/sfc-secondary-trading-tokenised-money-market-funds/https://cryptobanking.news/item/sfc-secondary-trading-tokenised-money-market-funds/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong said on 26 October 2026 that it has approved what it describes as the world’s first secondary trading of tokenised public funds on an SFC-licensed virtual asset trading platform, and that around-the-clock secondary trading of two existing SFC-authorised tokenised money market funds, the ChinaAMC HKD Digital Money Market Fund and ChinaAMC USD Digital Money Market Fund, began that day. The pilot builds on a framework the SFC introduced in April 2026 through a circular issued on 20 April 2026, and the SFC says tokenised public funds could further leverage tokenised deposit capabilities developed with the HKMA under Project Ensemble. The fund manager’s notice names PantherTrade, operated by Panthertrade (Hong Kong) Limited, as the trading platform. Source: https://apps.sfc.hk/edistributionWeb/gateway/EN/news-and-announcements/news/doc?refNo=26PR174regulationtokenized-depositshttps://cryptobanking.news/item/stanchart-singapore-digital-asset-custody/https://cryptobanking.news/item/stanchart-singapore-digital-asset-custody/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTStandard Chartered Bank (Singapore) Limited announced on 8 October 2026 that it plans to provide custody services for selected cryptoassets, stablecoins and tokenised real-world assets to institutional clients and accredited investor corporate clients, subject to applicable regulatory requirements. The bank said the planned service will complement its Financing & Securities Services capabilities in Singapore and builds on its digital asset custody presence in markets including the UAE, Luxembourg and Hong Kong. Source: https://www.sc.com/en/press-release/standard-chartered-advances-into-digital-asset-custody-offering-in-singapore/custodystablecoinshttps://cryptobanking.news/item/hsbc-names-stablecoin-redcoin/https://cryptobanking.news/item/hsbc-names-stablecoin-redcoin/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTHSBC announced the name of its forthcoming Hong Kong stablecoin, HSBC RedCoin, alongside survey findings on consumer understanding of stablecoins. HSBC said it plans a phased rollout starting with person-to-person and person-to-merchant payments before expanding to corporate and institutional use cases. Source: https://www.about.hsbc.com.hk/news-and-media/hsbc-names-stablecoin-hsbc-redcoinstablecoinshttps://cryptobanking.news/item/dbs-ocbc-uob-sgd-tokenised-deposits-swift-ledger/https://cryptobanking.news/item/dbs-ocbc-uob-sgd-tokenised-deposits-swift-ledger/Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTOCBC said on 10 September 2026 that DBS, OCBC and UOB have completed live domestic Singapore dollar transactions using tokenised deposits on Swift's blockchain-based ledger, the first time the three Singapore banks have executed live interbank transactions using tokenised deposits. The release says the transactions follow Swift's July 2026 announcement that its ledger was ready for initial use, with 17 banks across six continents preparing live tokenised-deposit transactions. OCBC also referred to its own live USD cross-border transaction on the ledger, and UOB said it had expanded from Hong Kong dollar to Singapore dollar and US dollar transactions beyond traditional banking hours. Source: https://www.ocbc.com/group/media/release/2026/dbs-ocbc-uob-complete-first-live-blockchain-enabled-sgd-transactions.pagetokenized-depositspaymentshttps://cryptobanking.news/item/anchorpoint-hkdap-phase1-institutional-rollout/https://cryptobanking.news/item/anchorpoint-hkdap-phase1-institutional-rollout/Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTAnchorpoint Financial, a subsidiary of Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) set up with HKT and Animoca Brands and one of the first two HKMA-licensed stablecoin issuers, said on 12 August 2026 it began the phase 1 rollout of HKDAP, its Hong Kong dollar-backed stablecoin, via Beta Access for institutional distributors and professional investors. In phase 1, authorised distributors offer conversion between HKDAP and fiat for institutions, corporate users and professional investors; the release says HKDAP was minted and live-transfer tested on a public blockchain in Q2, and that broader retail adoption remains targeted as early as end-2026, depending on market conditions. Source: https://anchorpoint.hk/uploads/2026/08/Anchorpoint-commences-institutional-rollout-of-HKDAP-via-Beta-Access.pdfstablecoinspaymentshttps://cryptobanking.news/item/hkma-dlt-fixed-income/https://cryptobanking.news/item/hkma-dlt-fixed-income/Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTFirst-phase review findings on tokenised bonds in Hong Kong, plus areas being explored such as electronic execution of issuance documents. Source: https://www.hkma.gov.hk/eng/news-and-media/press-releases/2026/06/20260629-4/regulationhttps://cryptobanking.news/item/hkma-tokenised-bond-expert-group/https://cryptobanking.news/item/hkma-tokenised-bond-expert-group/Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe HKMA set up a Tokenised Bond Expert Group to explore policy measures, market practices and innovations, and is working with the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau on possible enhancements to Hong Kong's legal and regulatory regime for tokenised bond issuance and transactions. Source: https://www.hkma.gov.hk/eng/news-and-media/press-releases/2026/06/20260605-3/tokenized-depositsregulationhttps://cryptobanking.news/item/hkma-stablecoin-issuer-licences/https://cryptobanking.news/item/hkma-stablecoin-issuer-licences/Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe HKMA granted the first stablecoin issuer licences under Hong Kong's Stablecoins Ordinance to Anchorpoint Financial Limited and The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, effective 10 April 2026. Both licensees intend to launch business in the coming months; the HKMA maintains a public register of licensed issuers. Source: https://www.hkma.gov.hk/eng/news-and-media/press-releases/2026/04/20260410-4/stablecoinsregulation