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Qatar Central Bank and Euroclear collaborate on international settlement link

05 October 2026 Belgium, Qatar
Reporter: Madison Hendrickson

The firms say the new international settlement link enables Qatari government bonds and sukuk to be cleared by Euroclear which broadens the domestic debt market

ClearToken receives BoE approval for digital securities depository

22 September 2026 UK
Reporter: Matthew Challis

The DSD will operate in the Bank of England’s Digital Securities Sandbox, allowing ClearToken to issue and settle tokenised versions of existing securities

Partior and LSEG DiSH collaborate to develop Multi-Settlement Bank solution

17 September 2026 UK, Singapore
Reporter: Madison Hendrickson

The firms, along with several major banks, aim to bring always-on settlement bank liquidity to Partior’s global cross-border payments network

Banking Circle to power OSL’s stablecoin-to-fiat payment

15 September 2026 Luxembourg, Hong Kong
Reporter: Madison Hendrickson

Euroclear and HSBC launch AutoFX

02 September 2026 Europe
Reporter: Madison Hendrickson

Caladan integrates BitGo’s network for institutional settlement

26 August 2026 Singapore
Reporter: Madison Hendrickson

Caladan’s API liquidity counterparties can now settle trades through BitGo’s Go Network, extending institutional settlement infrastructure to desks executing through the firm

Standard Chartered issues DNNs on Euroclear’s D-FMI

21 August 2026 UK, Singapore
Reporter: Matthew Challis

The US$200 million three-year floating-rate digitally native notes transaction makes Standard Chartered the first G-SIB to issue on Euroclear’s Digital Financial Market Infrastructure

Clearstream joins Eurosystem Pontes testing ahead of launch

18 August 2026 Luxembourg
Reporter: Theodore Law

Clearstream will engage in a series of end-to-end tests ahead of the Pontes launch, planned for 21 September 2026

Deutsche Bank chosen as RMB clearing bank for Europe

11 August 2026 Europe
Reporter: Madison Hendrickson

Strengthening the China-Europe financial connectivity, Deutsche Bank says it is the first bank in Europe to receive the designation

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