Uber tests how tokenization can put idle cash to work with HSBC, Franklin Templeton
The pilot let Uber keep funds invested in money market products while accessing cash for payments, even on weekends.
banks
OCC calls on community banks to enter the stablecoin payments market
The U.S. banking regulator is encouraging smaller lenders to develop stablecoin services as new federal licensing requirements approach.
UK banks face 10,000 complaints in 3 months over crypto restrictions
The U.K. claims to aspire to become a global cryptocurrency hub, an ambition that would appear to be at odds with the attitude to crypto purchases of its major banks.
HSBC rolls out its first stablecoin to over 3 million everyday app users
HSBC and Standard Chartered-led Anchorpoint received Hong Kong’s first stablecoin issuer licenses in April. Anchorpoint began rolling out HKDAP in August.
Goldman, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley see tokenization as a growth play, not a threat
The largest banks in the world are eyeing new trading opportunities, speeding up payments and a role for advisers as tokenization takes root in Wall Street.
Banks could slow stablecoin growth by paying savers more, BIS paper finds
A BIS working paper found a 1 basis point rise in U.S. bank deposit rates predicted slower stablecoin growth, cutting ten-week growth from 15% to 12%.
Standard Chartered unlocks direct bitcoin and ether trading for affluent UAE clients
The bank manages custody and settlement in-house via a closed-loop model, removing the need for separate crypto wallets.
Russia’s largest bank Sberbank secures approval to trade crypto
Sberbank plans to open crypto trading to all clients Dec. 1 and is already testing BTC, ETH and USDT trades in its app.
Bank group sues U.S. regulator over granting crypto trust charters
The Independent Community Bankers of America sued the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, accusing the regulator of overstepping its legal authority.
UK’s largest banks complete world’s first interbank transactions using tokenized deposits
Barclays, NatWest, and HSBC and others used tokenized deposits for remortgages and a marketplace-payment test, taking bank-issued digital cash beyond a single institution.