Citi Digital Assets

Citi continues to develop digital asset solutions, in line with its goals and risk appetite, using a unified set of shared technology capabilities and a common strategic approach. These innovative solutions enhance Citi’s products and services including digital money, trade, securities, custody, asset servicing and collateral mobility.

SOLUTIONS WE ARE DEVELOPING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR CLIENTS

Citi Token Services for Cash

Creation and piloting of Citi Token Services for cash management, enabling clients to transfer liquidity between Citi branches on a 24/7 basis.

Citi’s Integrated Digital Assets Technology Platform seeks to enable clients to leverage Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) based capabilities:

Access Citi’s applications that are being built to leverage the capabilities of a DLT based platform
Use trusted DLT solutions as they become available, to avoid building own DLT infrastructure
Streamline processes by utilizing DLT alongside your traditional workflows
Deploy DLT solutions that can help increase asset utilization and mobility

SOLUTION SPOTLIGHT: CITI TOKEN SERVICES

Citi Token Services for cash management and trade finance uses blockchain and smart contract technologies to deliver digital asset solutions for institutional clients. Citi Token Services will integrate tokenized deposits and smart contracts into Citi’s global network, upgrading core cash management and trade finance capabilities.

LATEST INSIGHTS & THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Puneet Singhvi interviewed by CNBC Crypto World

Puneet Singhvi was recently interviewed by CNBC Crypto World. He discussed institutional interest in digital assets, the impact of distributed ledger technology on the financial industry, and where Citi sees opportunities with the tokenization of money and blockchain technology.

Citi Digital Dispatch, Episode 2: Future of Finance

In this episode, Ryan Rugg, who is our Digital Assets head for Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS) talks to Ronit Ghose, Head of Future of Finance & Digital, Citi Global Insights about Blockchain technology and beyond, looking at the real future of finance.

Money, Tokens, and Games

test Can you always spot disruptive innovation? When we hear the story of how the invention of the automobile hastened the demise of buggy whip companies, we often question why the disruptive potential of gas-powered cars wasn’t noticed. In the modern era, most people buying digital cameras in the 1990s would have scoffed at the idea that in a few years’ time, we would all be carrying around cameras in our mobile phones.

Metaverse and Money

The Metaverse as a concept has been around for a few decades. However, interest in the virtual world spiked at the end of 2021 following a rise in sales of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as well as announcements from Big Tech players indicating their interest and investment in the space.

Digital Assets: The Evolving Regulatory Environment

Joining jurisdictions around the world, the UK has recognised that disrupting technologies and failures in the cryptoasset arena have highlighted the need for regulation, not just to protect investors and maintain financial stability, but also to recognise the changes technology has made to the financial services sector.