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Banco SantanderUpdated 14 Oct 2026
Global retail bank headquartered in Boadilla del Monte, Madrid.
Also known as Santander
Headquarters: Spain · used for “firms based in” filters (how location works)
Deployments
Each row is a sourced claim on that deployment's record. The evidence column shows the source and its grade; the numbers link to the full list below.
| Deployment | Role | Status | Evidence | Last reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIS Project Agorá | Counterparty Private sector project participant (prototype phase); not among the real-value test institutions. | Pilot | A Bank for International Settlements, 27 May 2026[3] | Reviewed 24d ago |
| Circle Payments Network (CPN) | Legal or professional adviser Circle's own pressroom: contributed expertise designing CPN. 'Counterparty' dropped: not evidenced. | Live (limited) | B Circle, 21 Apr 2025[4] | Reviewed 1d ago |
| Eurosystem Pontes DLT settlement in central bank money | Counterparty | Live (limited) | A European Central Bank, 21 Sep 2026[5] | Reviewed today |
| EIB digital bond on public Ethereum | Arranger or dealer, Distributor Joint lead manager | Inactive | B European Investment Bank, Apr 2021[6] | Reviewed 21d ago |
| EIB digital bonds on GS DAP | Distributor, Arranger or dealer Joint lead manager | Live (limited) | B European Investment Bank, 29 Nov 2022[7] | Reviewed 14d ago |
| ESM digital bond programme on D7/Pontes | Arranger or dealer, Distributor Joint lead manager. | Live (limited) | C Ledger Insights, 27 Oct 2026[8] | Reviewed today |
| Fnality and HQLAX cross-chain repo settlement | Counterparty Supported the project | Proof of concept | B Fnality, Dec 2022[9] | Reviewed 25d ago |
| Sterling Fnality Payment System (£FnPS) | Counterparty Initial participant. | Pilot | B Fnality, 14 Dec 2023[10] | Reviewed today |
| Kinexys Digital Financing (intraday and term repo) | Counterparty | Live (scaled) | C Markets Media, Jan 2025[11] | Reviewed today |
| Santander end-to-end blockchain bond on Ethereum | Platform provider, Issuer, Investor, Distributor, Custodian, Operator Santander CIB was dealer; Santander Securities Services was tokenisation agent and key custodian; a group unit bought the bond. | Inactive | B Banco Santander, 12 Sep 2019[12] | Reviewed 22d ago |
| Swift blockchain ledger for tokenised deposit payments | Legal or professional adviser Among 30+ institutions giving design feedback; not in the July 2026 pilot list. | Pilot | B Swift, 29 Sep 2025[13] | Reviewed 24d ago |
Ownership
Sources
- [1]About us | Santander Bank — Banco Santander. Accessed 11 Oct 2026.B
- [2]LEI record 5493006QMFDDMYWIAM13: BANCO SANTANDER S.A. — GLEIF. Accessed 14 Oct 2026.A
- [3]Project Agorá: a shared programmable platform for wholesale cross-border payments (report PDF) — Bank for International Settlements, 27 May 2026. Accessed 28 Oct 2026. Cover lists the 42 private sector project participants; chapter 1 names the seven central banks..A
- [4]Announcing a Payments Network to Transform Money Movement | Circle — Circle, 21 Apr 2025. Accessed 7 Nov 2026.B
- [5]Eurosystem brings central bank money to tokenised finance — European Central Bank, 21 Sep 2026. Accessed 11 Oct 2026.A
- [6]European Investment Bank (EIB) issues its first ever digital bond on a public blockchain — European Investment Bank, Apr 2021. Accessed 11 Oct 2026.B
- [7]EIB innovates further with Project Venus, the first euro-denominated digital bond on a private blockchain — European Investment Bank, 29 Nov 2022. Accessed 11 Oct 2026.B
- [8]European Stability Mechanism issues €1 billion digital bond, settled via Pontes — Ledger Insights, 27 Oct 2026. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.C
- [9]Fnality and HQLAX demonstrate the first cross-chain repo swap pilot — Fnality, Dec 2022. Accessed 11 Oct 2026.B
- [10]Fnality commences initial phase of Sterling payment operations in a world-first for both wholesale finance and digital asset markets — Fnality, 14 Dec 2023. Accessed 11 Oct 2026.B
- [11]Banco Santander Executes First Euro Repos on Kinexys Digital Assets — Markets Media, Jan 2025. Accessed 11 Oct 2026.C
- [12]Santander launches the first end-to-end blockchain bond — Banco Santander, 12 Sep 2019. Accessed 11 Oct 2026.B
- [13]https://www.swift.com/news-events/news/swift-add-blockchain-based-ledger — Swift, 29 Sep 2025. Accessed 11 Oct 2026.B
- [14]Fnality Raises $136 million (£99.7 million) in Series C Funding — Fnality, 23 Sep 2025. Accessed 11 Oct 2026.B
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