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By Julie Binoche
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What happened. Cross-border banking just moved on a Saturday. Citi and DBS pulled off their first tokenized…
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The historical context. Banks have been poking at blockchain for years. JPMorgan launched JPM Coin back in 2019 — the idea…
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Why it matters. Speed is the obvious headline. But the liquidity angle is probably more important to the banks…
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What to watch. A few things are worth tracking from here.
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Cross-border banking just moved on a Saturday. Citi and DBS pulled off their first tokenized cross-border deposit using Swift's blockchain-based ledger — over the weekend, when…
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That's the part worth sitting with. Standard international wire transfers have run on the same rough timeline for decades — you wait, your counterparty waits, liquidity sits…
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The deal itself kept deposits inside traditional banking rails. No bypass, no fintech workaround — just banks using a blockchain layer on top of existing infrastructure to make…
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Banks have been poking at blockchain for years. JPMorgan launched JPM Coin back in 2019 — the idea was instant transfers between institutional accounts, cutting out settlement lag.
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Those weren't flukes. They were early signals that big banks saw something real in distributed ledger tech — not just for speed, but for security and operational cost.
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HSBC and Standard Chartered have been moving in similar directions, exploring tokenized cross-border transactions through various pilots.
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Speed is the obvious headline. But the liquidity angle is probably more important to the banks themselves. Faster settlement means cash isn't stuck in transit.
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There's a competitive edge here too, and it cuts both ways. Fintech companies built their pitch around doing cross-border payments faster and cheaper than banks.
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And the banks aren't ceding control. That's the strategic piece worth watching. By keeping deposits inside traditional channels and layering blockchain on top, Citi and DBS…
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That's probably a smart play. Regulators are more comfortable with it. Clients who need the balance sheet backing of a major bank don't have to choose between speed and security.
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