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Standard Chartered launches tokenised deposits in Hong Kong

APACSource: Standard Chartered

  • Standard 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.

Why it matters

Corporate treasurers and digital-asset businesses in Hong Kong gain another bank-issued tokenised deposit option for 24/7 intragroup and cross-bank liquidity moves settled in central bank money, which Standard Chartered says significantly reduces counterparty risk as value moves between financial institutions.

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More detail

Who is affected

Corporate treasurers, banks, investment platforms and digital asset businesses that are eligible Standard Chartered clients in Hong Kong.

Key dates

  • Standard Chartered launches Tokenised Deposits in Hong Kong

What remains uncertain

  • The release does not give transaction volumes, client numbers or the next markets for the solution.

Adoption status

  • LiveStandard CharteredTokenised Deposits solution for corporate clients on HKMA Ensemble TX (24/7 interbank settlement in central bank money)

Key facts

Event
Product launch
Jurisdiction
APAC
Source
Standard Chartered
Source tier
Tier 2 · Bank / FMI
Product
Tokenized deposits
How we verified this

The source says

“Hong Kong – Standard Chartered today announced the launch of its Tokenised Deposits solution in Hong Kong, making it the first market in the Group to offer the solution to corporate clients.”

“Developed with support from the HKMA’s Supervisory Incubator for Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and powered by Ensemble TX infrastructure, the solution enables tokenised deposits to be transferred in real time across participating banks, with inter-bank settlement of tokenised deposits transactions in central bank money, including wholesale central bank digital currency (“wCBDC”), on a 24/7 basis.”

“In addition, the bank is partnering with Fireblocks to embed banking capabilities in the platform and provide native access to the digital asset client ecosystem.”

Verbatim from Standard Chartered, matched word for word against the live page on 2 November 2026.

Sources

Evidence

Confidence
Medium The institution’s own statement; quote string-matched. Proves what the institution says, not independent confirmation.
Quote verified
2026-11-02 16:52 UTC
Archived snapshot
SHA-256 0efa7b33d8a37524… · fetched 2026-11-02 · Wayback Machine copy ↗
Source type
Official institutional Standard Chartered ↗
Change log (1)
  1. 2026-11-02 Published

Full evidence record · How we label confidence

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