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Standard Chartered to acquire Zodia Custody
21 October 2026 UK
Reporter: Madison Hendrickson

Following the acceptance of its non-binding offer, and subject to regulatory approvals, Standard Chartered announces it has entered into definitive agreements to acquire Zodia Custody

Standard Chartered welcomes Tan
14 October 2026 Singapore
Reporter: Madison Hendrickson

Ying Ying Tan joins the firm as global head of securities services and global head of digital assets, responsible for development and growth of both sectors

Standard Chartered launches RLUSD custody
12 October 2026 Singapore
Reporter: Madison Hendrickson

Alongside its custody support for Ripple USD on the XRP Ledger now live, the firm enters its next step of collateral integration with Ripple and LMAX Group

Standard Chartered unveils Singapore digital asset custody plans
08 October 2026 Singapore
Reporter: Matthew Challis

The custody services will build on Standard Chartered’s existing financing and securities capabilities, combining traditional asset servicing, tokenisation, and digital asset custody

Hana Bank issues DNN through Euroclear
24 September 2026 Belgium, South Korea, Singapore
Reporter: Matthew Challis

The US$100 million digitally native note transaction occurred on Euroclear’s Digital Financial Market Infrastructure, supported by Standard Chartered and Citi

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

Standard Chartered appointed LMAX Group’s digital asset custodian
16 September 2026 UK, Luxembourg, Dubai
Reporter: Madison Hendrickson

The appointment expands the firms’ partnership to include digital asset custody in Luxembourg and DIFC

Standard Chartered expands UAE Bitcoin and Ether spot trading
03 September 2026 UAE
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Standard Chartered DIFC’s regional offering builds on its broader digital asset strategy, spanning custody, trading, and tokenisation capabilities through its corporate and investment bank

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

HSBC and Standard Chartered execute first live tokenised deposit transaction on Swift’s ledger
19 August 2026 UK
Reporter: Madison Hendrickson

The firms say this transaction on Swift’s blockchain-based ledger marks a milestone for the use of tokenised deposits by regulated financial institutions to issue, transfer, record, and settle tokenised deposits

United Fintech appoints three new partners
11 August 2026 UK
Reporter: Theodore Law

Guy Hopkins, Rasmus Bagger, and Darren Coote will join the firm as new partners, with two joining United Fintech’s senior leadership team

FCA and BoE appoint members to post-trade taskforce
27 July 2026 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The taskforce aims to inform a long-term approach to harmonising transaction and post-trade reporting requirements across UK MiFIR, UK EMIR, UK SFTR