Computershare forms an agreement with Securitize
30 April 2026 US
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Computershare — a provider of share registration, shareholder management, corporate trust, and employee equity plan services — has formed a technology agreement with Securitize — a fintech company that provides businesses a platform to raise capital from institutional, accredited, or retail investors.
Through this agreement, Computershare will support US-listed clients in issuing tokenised equity securities.
The firm says that the issuers can now include Issuer-Sponsored Tokens (ISTs) as part of their issued capital alongside existing shares, including those held in the Direct Registration System (DRS).
Computershare will act as the transfer agent for its clients’ ISTs, including processing corporate actions for IST holdings alongside other directly registered holdings.
It added that ISTs enable shareholders to consolidate digital holdings in a wallet and experience direct communication and corporate actions flow with issuers.
Interoperability with existing markets is expected to continue to evolve as market infrastructure develops, the firm notes.
Ann Bowering, CEO of Issuer Services, Computershare North America, says: “Our focus has been to empower US-listed companies to issue tokenised equity while retaining control with confidence over their issued capital.
“We designed ISTs to operate within the existing regulatory environment, maintaining the independence and oversight that issuers and regulators expect from a transfer agent and allowing for effective interoperability with market infrastructure.”
“As part of this development, we are very pleased to be partnering with Securitize, a leader in tokenising real-world assets.”
Carlos Domingo, co-founder and CEO of Securitize, adds: “This milestone highlights tokenisation’s role as an enhanced option for public markets, enabling issuers to bring equities onchain, seamless servicing, and full alignment with existing regulatory frameworks.
“By partnering with the largest transfer agent in the world, we’re helping to create the optimum pathway to tokenisation for listed, US companies.
“ISTs do not rely on derivative tokens that sit on top of underlying shares, nor do they alter any underlying equity.
“Our work with Computershare connects the technology needed to support tokenisation of assets to their deep issuer services expertise, providing US issuers with the ability to create direct equity ownership in token form.”
Through this agreement, Computershare will support US-listed clients in issuing tokenised equity securities.
The firm says that the issuers can now include Issuer-Sponsored Tokens (ISTs) as part of their issued capital alongside existing shares, including those held in the Direct Registration System (DRS).
Computershare will act as the transfer agent for its clients’ ISTs, including processing corporate actions for IST holdings alongside other directly registered holdings.
It added that ISTs enable shareholders to consolidate digital holdings in a wallet and experience direct communication and corporate actions flow with issuers.
Interoperability with existing markets is expected to continue to evolve as market infrastructure develops, the firm notes.
Ann Bowering, CEO of Issuer Services, Computershare North America, says: “Our focus has been to empower US-listed companies to issue tokenised equity while retaining control with confidence over their issued capital.
“We designed ISTs to operate within the existing regulatory environment, maintaining the independence and oversight that issuers and regulators expect from a transfer agent and allowing for effective interoperability with market infrastructure.”
“As part of this development, we are very pleased to be partnering with Securitize, a leader in tokenising real-world assets.”
Carlos Domingo, co-founder and CEO of Securitize, adds: “This milestone highlights tokenisation’s role as an enhanced option for public markets, enabling issuers to bring equities onchain, seamless servicing, and full alignment with existing regulatory frameworks.
“By partnering with the largest transfer agent in the world, we’re helping to create the optimum pathway to tokenisation for listed, US companies.
“ISTs do not rely on derivative tokens that sit on top of underlying shares, nor do they alter any underlying equity.
“Our work with Computershare connects the technology needed to support tokenisation of assets to their deep issuer services expertise, providing US issuers with the ability to create direct equity ownership in token form.”
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