{"id":"ecb-prepares-tokenised-securities-investments-through-pontes","canonicalSlug":"ecb-prepares-tokenised-securities-investments-through-pontes","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/ecb-prepares-tokenised-securities-investments-through-pontes","language":"en","title":"ECB prepares tokenised securities investments settled through Pontes","summary":"The central bank has begun preparatory work for a small investment in euro-area public and supranational securities.","body":["The European Central Bank said on 21 September it had started preparatory work to invest a small portion of its own funds in tokenised securities. The stated aim is to gain practical investor experience and build institutional expertise in distributed-ledger technology.","Initial investments are expected to focus on euro-denominated securities issued by euro-area public authorities, agencies and European supranational institutions. Settlement is planned in central-bank money through Pontes, the Eurosystem solution for tokenised-asset settlement. The ECB Executive Board will decide timing and operational details after preparation is complete."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"ECB prepares tokenised securities investments settled through Pontes\n\nThe central bank has begun preparatory work for a small investment in euro-area public and supranational securities.\n\nThe European Central Bank said on 21 September it had started preparatory work to invest a small portion of its own funds in tokenised securities. The stated aim is to gain practical investor experience and build institutional expertise in distributed-ledger technology.\n\nInitial investments are expected to focus on euro-denominated securities issued by euro-area public authorities, agencies and European supranational institutions. Settlement is planned in central-bank money through Pontes, the Eurosystem solution for tokenised-asset settlement. The ECB Executive Board will decide timing and operational details after preparation is complete.","category":"finance","region":"world","topics":[],"eventDate":"2026-09-21","eventDateBasis":"source-event-or-period","publishedAt":"2026-10-06T00:01:40Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-06T00:01:40Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":null,"sourcePublishedAt":"2026-09-21","translatedAt":null,"sources":[{"name":"European Central Bank","url":"https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2026/html/ecb.pr260921_1~5a011ecbea.en.html","checkedAt":"2026-10-05","publishedAt":"2026-09-21"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/ecb-prepares-tokenised-securities-investments-through-pontes","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/ecb-prepares-tokenised-securities-investments-through-pontes","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/ecb-prepares-tokenised-securities-investments-through-pontes","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/ecb-prepares-tokenised-securities-investments-through-pontes","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/ecb-prepares-tokenised-securities-investments-through-pontes","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/ecb-prepares-tokenised-securities-investments-through-pontes","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/ecb-prepares-tokenised-securities-investments-through-pontes"},"corrections":[],"locations":[]}