HSBC Bank Plc has become the first applicant approved by the Bank of England to go live in the UK’s Digital Securities Sandbox (DSS), part of the UK’s innovation agenda for digital assets. HSBC Orion, HSBC’s digital assets platform, will be able to operate within the DSS as a Digital Securities Depository (DSD) for digitally native bond issuance, servicing and settlement, including the DIGIT or digital gilt instrument, and corporate bonds.
