{"id":601051,"date":"2026-05-18T15:52:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T15:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/uk-proposes-near-24-7-settlement-to-prepare-markets-for-tokenization\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T15:52:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T15:52:57","slug":"uk-proposes-near-24-7-settlement-to-prepare-markets-for-tokenization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/uk-proposes-near-24-7-settlement-to-prepare-markets-for-tokenization\/","title":{"rendered":"UK proposes near-24\/7 settlement to prepare markets for tokenization"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"UK<\/p>\n

The FCA and Bank of England are seeking feedback on new tokenization guidance and plans to extend operating hours for the UK\u2019s core payment and settlement infrastructure toward near-24\/7 availability.<\/p>\n

The Bank of England on Monday proposed extending operating hours for its core settlement infrastructure toward near-24\/7 availability, part of a broader push with the Financial Conduct Authority to prepare UK wholesale markets for tokenized finance.<\/p>\n

The proposal seeks<\/a> to add weekend and extended daily operating hours to the central bank’s settlement mechanism, Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS), and the Clearing House Automated Payment System (CHAPS).<\/p>\n

The Bank of England said the expanded operating hours would support cross-border payments and new payment and settlement models as tokenization develops.<\/p>\n

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The FCA and Bank of England are seeking feedback on new tokenization guidance and plans to extend operating hours for the UK\u2019s core payment and settlement infrastructure toward near-24\/7 availability. The Bank of England on Monday proposed extending operating hours for its core settlement infrastructure toward near-24\/7 availability, part of a broader push with the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":601052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-601051","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}