Northern Trust

Standard Chartered’s Zodia to Offer Crypto Brokerage to Institutional Investors in Ireland: Report

Standard Chartered's joint venture with Northern Trust, Zodia Custody, was launched in December.

News  ·  9 August 2021

The CIO of $230B AUM Guggenheim Just Called for $400,000 BTC

A recap of 5+ insanely bullish stories that got buried in the bitcoin price action.

People  ·  17 December 2020
Standard Chartered Bank

Standard Chartered, Northern Trust to Launch Crypto Custody Service in the UK

Zodia Custody is currently pending approval by the U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority and is expected to launch in 2021.

News  ·  9 December 2020
Banking

Northern Trust Testing Fractionalized Bonds on Blockchain

The U.S.-based custody bank is looking to offer fractions of tokenized bonds to retail and small professional investors.

Business  ·  14 November 2019
Regulation

Prime Trust Enters Crypto Custody Race, Will Hold ‘Any’ Ethereum Token

Prime Trust, a Nevada trust company, says it can handle custody for bitcoin, ether and any token issued on ethereum under the ERC-20 standard.

Policy & regulation  ·  15 August 2018
Investment

Northern Trust Is Helping Hedge Funds Invest in Cryptocurrencies

U.S.-based custody bank Northern Trust is helping traditional "mainstream" hedge funds expand into cryptocurrencies, says Forbes.

Business  ·  1 August 2018
Legal

Northern Trust Wins Patent for Storing Meeting Minutes on a Blockchain

Northern Trust Corporation has been granted a patent for a system to create immutable records of meetings on a blockchain.

Policy & regulation  ·  6 June 2018
News

Santander Conducts Proxy Voting Blockchain Pilot at AGM

Banco Santander has completed a blockchain pilot that it says improves the process of proxy voting during annual general meetings.

Business  ·  18 May 2018
PwC

Northern Trust, PwC Launch ‘Instant’ Blockchain Audits

Rather than waiting for periodic reports, auditors of private equity funds on Northern Trust's blockchain will get the data almost immediately.

Business  ·  19 March 2018
Banking

Northern Trust Moves to Scale Up Live Equities Blockchain

Chicago-based Northern Trust was one of the first banks to launch a live blockchain effort. Now, it's giving the platform an upgrade.

Business  ·  8 May 2017
JP Morgan

Broadridge Completes Blockchain Proxy Voting Trial

Investor services firm Broadridge piloted what it called its "first application of blockchain technology" in a high-profile test this week.

Markets  ·  13 April 2017
Banking

Northern Trust Goes Live With IBM-Powered Private Equities Blockchain

With $6.7tn in assets under custody, Northern Trust has formally launched its first blockchain product with a little help from IBM.

Markets  ·  22 February 2017
News

R3 Bank Partner Northern Trust Details Four Internal Blockchain Tests

R3CEV's test with Northern Trust inspired a blockchain proof-of-concept among three other experiments for different aspects of asset management.

Markets  ·  16 May 2016