Bank · Singapore
OCBC
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited · ocbc.com (opens source in new tab)
Crypto readiness score
2/3 status dimensions verified · 2 initiatives · last verified 2026-10-30
Score breakdown
How the number above is built — every input is a verified tracker status with a dated source.
| Component | Weight | Points | Basis (verified input) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial availability | 35 | 24.5 | Live — restricted / specific counterparties · initiative |
| Regulatory standing | 25 | — | No verified status — not scored |
| Technical delivery | 20 | 15 | Live — restricted / specific counterparties · initiative |
| Product breadth | 15 | 5 | 1 product category with a verified status: Tokenized deposits |
| Recent verified activity | 5 | 5 | Last verified change 2026-10-07 |
Score = sum of points, rounded. Only verified tracker statuses count; “Unknown” earns nothing and is never estimated. Methodology
Initiatives (2)
Regulatory, technical and commercial status are kept separate: an authorisation is not a launch.
Tokenized deposits · Singapore / Malaysia
OCBC tokenised deposits for Ant International treasury (Singapore–Malaysia, via WhaleRTP)
- regulatory
- Unknown
- technical
- Live — restricted / specific counterparties2026-10-07
- commercial
- Live — restricted / specific counterparties2026-10-07
OCBC said on 7 October 2026 it launched a tokenised deposit solution with Ant International that lets Ant International mobilise SGD- and USD-denominated tokenised deposits 24/7 for near real-time treasury settlements between its entities in Singapore and Malaysia, delivered through Ant International's WhaleRTP platform.
Scope: Ant International and its businesses; SGD and USD; Singapore–Malaysia.
In tracker · last verified 2026-10-30
Licences & registrations
Regulator records (or MiCA Art. 60 notifications — a notification, not an authorisation).
No licence or registration record in our verified data. This means “not reviewed”, not “unlicensed”.
Partners & providers
From tracker records and verified item text only. “Co-named” means both appear in the same source — open it for context. Full map
- BCV · named role (tracker) · client; WhaleRTP platform provider
- Swift · joint initiative (tracker)
- HSBC · joint initiative (tracker)
- Standard Chartered · joint initiative (tracker)
- DBS · joint initiative (tracker)
- UOB · joint initiative (tracker)
- visa · co-named in verified item
- Swift · co-named in verified item
OCBC launches a 24/7 tokenised deposit solution with Ant International for treasury transfers between Singapore and Malaysia
In September 2026, OCBC completed Southeast Asia’s first cross-border tokenised deposit transaction in US dollars on Swift’s ledger with Citibank.
Regulator records & actions
Register entries and regulator publications that name this institution.
- 2026-10-23Initiative expansion · Monetary Authority of SingaporeBank Negara Malaysia and Bank of Thailand join MAS-led BLOOM initiative on cross-border settlement in digital money
Markets (from stated target markets): Singapore · Malaysia
Timeline
Status changes (tracker history), verified items and regulatory dates, newest first.
2026-10-23 · Item
Monetary Authority of Singapore
2026-10-07 · Status
Tokenised deposit solution launched for Ant International intra-group treasury transfers.
2026-10-07 · Status
Live for one named corporate client group.
2026-10-07 · Item
OCBC
2026-09-10 · Item
OCBC
2026-08-20 · Status
First live bank-to-bank tokenised deposit transaction (HSBC–Standard Chartered). A single live transaction; not commercial availability.
2026-08-20 · Item
HSBC and Standard Chartered execute first live tokenised deposit transaction on Swift's blockchain
HSBC
2026-07-08 · Status
Ledger ready for initial use.
2026-07-08 · Item
Swift's blockchain ledger ready for initial use as 17 banks prepare tokenised cross-border payments
Swift
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