Custodian Banks

Future ready Custody for DLT based Capital Markets, are you ready?

Unlock the next generation of securities services. Upgrade to token-based securities and benefit from truly digital and programmable securities. Reduce costs, increase operational efficiency, and meet growing client demand - while staying future-ready.

Access the larget network for tokenized securities and seamlessly integrate in your existing infrastructure.

From T+2 to T+0 - real-time settlement.

Stay fully compliant by working with BaFin regulated Cashlink.

Custodian banks - the pillar for integrated DLT based Capital Markets

By connecting with Cashlink as a crypto securities registrar, custodian bank enable their clients to access token-based securities as seamless as traditional securities while benefiting from the upside of DLT

Your role in the tokenized era

Custodian banks have long been the trusted cornerstones of the financial system. In the tokenized era, that trust and expertise remain essential — but the tools and partners evolve. Intermediaries such as CSD´s or clearing houses become redundant while custodian banks evolve.

Transitioning to token-based securities is a natural upgrade, allowing custodian banks to extend their core strengths — safeguarding assets, ensuring compliance, and enabling seamless settlement — into a more efficient, transparent, and digitally native infrastructure.

BENEFITS

Benefit from DLT based FMI

Expanded Service Offering

Enable your clients to benefit from instant settlement, better conditions, access to new asset classes and make sure you stay up to date with changing client demand.

Reduced dependencies on legacy infrastructure

With technology that is build for digital securities, processes can be set the way you need it while getting rid of expensive and inflexible intermediaries.

Stay competitive

DLT impacts mainly the way securities and cash settle. By evolving from lengthy (T+2) and manual processes to instant (T+0) and automated settlement, custodian banks gain competitive advantages over their competitors.

Little impact on infrastrcutre

Crypto Securities under eWpG are equivalent to traditional securities, allowing custodian banks to safekeep them without additional licenses.

Unlock Cost Savings and Future-Proof your securities services

Custodian banks are at the forefront of capital market transformation by constantly adopting their securities services offering. By connecting to Cashlink as the leading securities registrar for tokenbased securities you and your clients benefit from significant cost reductions, greater operational flexibility and less reliance on traditional legacy intermediaries such as CSD´s.

Connect to an infrastructure that is built to serve your requirements as a custodian bank and take the next step towards truly digital Capital Markets.

Press

Token-Based Assets in Focus

KfW issues digital bond as part of ECB DLT settlement trials

German state bank NRW issues €100m digital bond on Polygon blockchain

Government owned KfW issues €100m ‘crypto’ digital bond on Polygon

V-Bank brings art into asset management

Solutions

How Cashlink enables token-based Capital Markets

Cashlink provides a modular solution along the issuance- and post trade valuechain of token-based securities. As a regulated financial institution after the German Banking Act (KWG), Cashlink holds a license as a crypto securities registrar and qualifed crypto custodian.

Cashlink Connect Core

The issuance module enables issuers to issue regulatory–eWpG-compliant, token-based securities on the blockchain — with a proven and multiple times audited smart contract suite. Cashlink’s robust and scalable API based infrastructure, connects issuers with brokers and trading venues and is interoperable with stablecoins and upcoming ECB Digital Money solutions.

The Solution for Custodian Banks

Cashlink Connect Banking

The settlement module enables custodian banks, brokers and exchanges to seamlessly settle token-based securities post-trade in full regulatory compliance in collective entry. Get access to all token-based securities registered by Cashlink and ensure secure, efficient, and transparent settlement on the blockchain without added complexity.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions on Custodian Banks

What role does Cashlink play for custodian banks handling token-based securities?

Cashlink provides the regulated DLT infrastructure that enables custodian banks to manage digital securities in omnibus accounts. Cashlink acts as both crypto securities registrar and crypto custodian, so banks do not need to build in-house DLT expertise.

How is cooperation with Cashlink governed?

All processes operate under the eWpG. As a result, token-based securities are legally equivalent to traditional securities and can be processed within existing regulatory frameworks.

How does Cashlink’s DLT infrastructure improve clearing and settlement?

DLT reduces manual steps and removes traditional intermediaries such as CSDs, resulting in major efficiency gains and cost reductions. Settlement times can shrink from T+2 to T+0, significantly reducing counterparty risk. Over the full lifecycle, institutions may achieve savings of up to 85%.

What custody models are available?

Custodian banks may use their existing custody systems or opt for Cashlink Managed Custody, where Cashlink securely manages private keys and reduces technical and regulatory complexity.

How does Cashlink support integration into existing banking systems?

Cashlink offers modular APIs that enable seamless integration of digital securities into core banking systems, ensuring smooth workflows for settlement, reporting and customer management without system disruptions.

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