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Ant Completes Live Cross-Bank Tokenized-Deposit Transfers in Hong Kong
Ant International completed live HKD transfers with three banks through EnsembleTX, using tokenized deposits settled in central-bank money and WhaleRTP instructions.
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Ant International disclosed live Hong Kong-dollar interbank transfers completed during September and October 2026 with Bank of China (Hong Kong), China Construction Bank (Asia) and HSBC. Ant’s WhaleRTP wholesale settlement platform initiated the payments using tokenized deposits, while the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s EnsembleTX infrastructure settled the interbank leg in tokenized central-bank money. Ant said each transfer moved from payment instruction to final receipt within five minutes.
The transactions form a concrete corporate-treasury use case for moving liquidity across banks outside conventional operating windows. HKMA separately confirmed that EnsembleTX now supports 24/7 settlement and has expanded to 12 participating banks and 20 industry pioneers. Ant says the setup reduced reliance on prefunding, but it did not publish transaction values or an independently measured capital reduction. Its proposed move toward AI-directed agentic treasury remains a future plan, not part of the completed transfers.
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- Ant International — Live Cross-Bank Transfers under EnsembleTX
- Hong Kong Monetary Authority — EnsembleTX 24/7 CeBM Settlement
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- //Ant International completed live HKD interbank transactions with Bank of China (Hong Kong), China Construction Bank (Asia) and HSBC during September and October 2026.
- //WhaleRTP initiated the transfers using tokenized deposits, while HKMA central-bank money provided interbank settlement under EnsembleTX.
- //Ant said payment instructions reached final receipt within five minutes and gave its treasury 24/7 liquidity access.
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