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SINGAPORE, 24 June 2024-- BondbloX Bond Exchange (BBX), the world’s first fractional bond exchange, has announced it has integrated with ICE Bonds to offer access to U.S. corporate, municipal and treasury bond liquidity during ICE Bonds’ extended trading hours, which allows for trading in USD liquidity during U.S., European and Asian hours. ICE Bonds offers fixed income trading for institutional investors, wealth management and investment firms seeking access to U.S. bond liquidity.Through its relationship with ICE Bonds, BondbloX now provides individual investors the ability to buy, track and trade US bond liquidity at the touch of a button through the BondbloX platform. U.S. liquidity will be available to trade on the BondbloX platform from 1 p.m. Singapore time Monday through Friday.&nbsp;“As we continue to help drive trading strategies and real-time investment decision-making for individual investors across the globe, we’re excited to work with ICE Bonds to provide greater transparency and deeper USD liquidity across fixed income markets on our platform,” said Rahul Banerjee, CEO of BondbloX. “We launched the BondbloX platform for individual investors last year to simplify the buying, tracking and trading of bonds, and by working with ICE Bonds, we’re expanding our offering to offer deeper access to USD bond liquidity.”The BondbloX platform, inaugurated in October 2020 for institutional offering, uses an exchange model for all-to-all order matching contrasting with the over-the-counter model that currently exists with dealers servicing individual investors over the telephone. The BondbloX platform subsequently extended its global service offering to eligible individual investors with its launch of Asia’s First Bond Trading Platform for Individual Investors in October 2023.&nbsp; By working with ICE Bonds, investors on the BondbloX platform now have access to US treasury and US corporate bond liquidity during U.S., European and Asian trading hours.“We are delighted to have BondbloX be the first platform to offer their customers access to our expanded liquidity network,” said Pete Borstelmann, President, ICE Bonds. “By extending the trading hours of our platform, we’re not only broadening the depth and breadth of our network, but also enhancing the value of the liquidity within it.&nbsp; This underscores our commitment to providing our clients with greater accessibility and enriched trading opportunities.”ICE Bonds is a part of Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading global provider of technology and data.&nbsp;About Intercontinental Exchange<a href="https://www.ice.com/">Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.&nbsp;</a>(NYSE: ICE) is a Fortune 500 company that designs, builds, and operates digital networks that connect people to opportunity. We provide financial technology and data services across major asset classes helping our customers access mission-critical workflow tools that increase transparency and efficiency. ICE’s futures, equity, and options&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theice.com/about/exchanges-clearing">exchanges&nbsp;</a>-- including the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nyse.com/">New York Stock Exchange&nbsp;</a>-- and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theice.com/solutions/clearing">clearing houses&nbsp;</a>help people invest, raise capital and manage risk. We offer some of the world’s largest markets to trade and clear energy and environmental products. Our fixed income,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theice.com/about/fixed-income-data">data services&nbsp;</a>and execution capabilities provide information, analytics and platforms that help our customers streamline processes and capitalize on opportunities. At&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theice.com/about/mortgage-technology">ICE Mortgage Technology&nbsp;</a>, we are transforming U.S. housing finance, from initial consumer engagement through loan production, closing, registration and the long-term servicing relationship. Together, ICE transforms, streamlines, and automates industries to connect our customers to opportunity.Trademarks of ICE and/or its affiliates include Intercontinental Exchange, ICE, ICE block design, NYSE and New York Stock Exchange. Information regarding additional trademarks and intellectual property rights of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. and/or its affiliates is located&nbsp;<a href="http://www.intercontinentalexchange.com/terms-of-use">here&nbsp;</a>. Key Information Documents for certain products covered by the EU Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products Regulation can be accessed on the relevant exchange website under the heading “Key Information Documents (KIDS).”Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 -- Statements in this press release regarding ICE's business that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of additional risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see ICE's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, including, but not limited to, the risk factors in ICE's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, as filed with the SEC on February 8, 2024.&nbsp;About ICE BondsTrading and execution services are offered through ICE Bonds Securities Corporation or ICE Bonds, member&nbsp;<a href="https://www.finra.org/">FINRA</a>, MSRB and <a href="https://www.sipc.org/">SIPC</a>. The information found herein, has been prepared solely for informational purposes and should not be considered investment advice, is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any financial product(s), is intended for institutional customers only and is not intended for retail customer use.&nbsp;About BondbloXFounded in 2016, The BondbloX Bond Exchange is the world’s first fractional bond exchange. It works towards one vision - provide easy access to bonds for all investors.&nbsp;It is regulated as a Recognized Market Operator by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and is backed by Citi, MassMutual Ventures as investors. Additional information may be found at&nbsp;<a href="https://bondblox.com/">https://bondblox.com/</a>

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BondbloX Bond Exchange (BBX), the world’s first fractional bond exchange, has announced it has integrated with ICE Bonds to offer access to U.S. corporate, municipal and treasury bond liquidity during ICE Bonds’ extended trading hours, which allows for trading in USD liquidity during U.S., European and Asian hours. 

BondbloX to Offer Access to U.S. Corporate, Municipal and Treasury Bond Liquidity with Integration to ICE Bonds

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BondbloX has successfully obtained a SOC 2 Type II accreditation, showcasing our commitment to the highest standards of data security and compliance. This achievement reflects our dedication to safeguarding your trust and ensuring the confidentiality and integrity of your data.The EY team has played a crucial role in evaluating and enhancing our security posture, ensuring alignment with industry standards and best practices. Their comprehensive gap assessment has provided valuable insights into areas of improvement, and their dedication to completing the SOC 2 report reflects our commitment to maintaining a secure and reliable environment for our stakeholders. &nbsp;

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BondbloX has successfully obtained a SOC 2 Type II accreditation, showcasing our commitment to the highest standards of data security and compliance.

BondbloX Obtains SOC 2 Type II Accreditation

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Singapore, 9 November 2023&nbsp;– Singapore-based Fintech&nbsp;<a href="https://bondblox.com/">BondEvalue Pte. Ltd</a>. has added new investor Beacon Venture Capital, the corporate venture arm of Thailand’s Kasikornbank, to its cap table as part of a US$6m Series B round. Beacon Venture Capital joins existing shareholders MassMutual Ventures and Citigroup who also participated in the round.&nbsp;Other investors include existing shareholders Potato Productions, a company helmed by entrepreneur Lee Han Shih, and Octava, a Singapore-based family office.&nbsp;The latest round follows a Series A raise of US$6m in 2021. This additional funding will allow the Company to scale BondbloX Bond Exchange (BBX), its digital exchange for trading fractional and full-size bonds, as well as grow its international expansion to Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) in India, which recently went live.&nbsp;Powered by distributed ledger technology, BondbloX enables investors to buy and sell bonds in denominations of US$1,000 instead of the usual US$200,000, and through a public exchange where prices are highly transparent.&nbsp;BBX has seen strong interest from global clients since launching the platform to individual investors last month. BBX also has future plans to list US Bonds (Treasuries as well as Corporate Bonds) on the platform.This announcement follows the announcement made last month that Citi is the first digital custodian participant of BondbloX Bond Exchange (BBX) for the institutional market. The partnership will allow Citi’s clients that meet certain criteria to become BBX participants and begin trading bonds (both fractionalised and full-sized) almost immediately.&nbsp;“We are immensely honoured to welcome Beacon VC to our Series B round, as well as other new and existing shareholders including Citi and MassMutual Ventures,” said Dr. Rahul Banerjee, Co-Founder and CEO. “The bond market is broken globally, and BondbloX is on a mission to allow individual investors the same access to the market that institutional firms enjoy. We look forward to working together with Beacon VC and other investors to redefine Bond investing” he added.&nbsp;In joining the recent round Thanapong Na Ranong, Managing Director of Beacon VC, said, “BondbloX is truly innovating Bond investing and disrupting an asset class which has lagged in digitization. The use of distributed ledger technology coupled with traditional financial custodians excites us and has great potential to re-shape the bond market for all.”Henry Salmon, Head of Investments, Securities Services, Citi, said:&nbsp;“The digitization of markets, assets and processes is an accelerating industry trend and a key investment theme for Citi. We are delighted to continue our investment in BondbloX. I believe their embrace of new technology and the innovation in the bond market has delivered a unique value proposition.”&nbsp;About Beacon Venture CapitalBeacon VC&nbsp;is a wholly-owned corporate venture capital fund of Kasikornbank PLC (SET: KBANK), a leading commercial bank in Thailand with the highest mobile penetration and largest SME base. Beacon VC focuses on strategic investments in early to growth-stage technology startups covering financial technology (fintech), consumer internet, and enterprise technology. Beacon VC has also recently launched an impact investment mandate, to invest in digital technologies which create a positive impact on the environment and society.&nbsp;Media Contacts:Cognito, for BondbloX:&nbsp;bondblox@cognitomedia.com

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BondbloX raises US$6 million in Series B funding round - Beacon VC, the corporate venture arm of Thailand’s Kasikornbank, joins as new investor

BondbloX raises US$6 million in Series B funding round

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<ul><li>The platform launched in Asia, but is accessible to individual investors across the globe,&nbsp;</li><li>It aims to democratize access to the global bond markets via a fractional investment model</li></ul>SINGAPORE, 25 October 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://bondblox.com/">BondbloX</a> Bond Exchange (BBX), the world’s first fractional bond exchange, has today announced that its unified platform to track and trade bonds will be available for individual investors globally<a href="#_ftn1">[1]</a>. The launch of the platform offering, which follows the exchange’s success with its institutional offering, allows BondbloX to redefine the way that individual investors access bonds.Through the BondbloX platform, individual investors will be able to buy, track and trade bonds at the touch of a button through the integrated app. BondbloX uses an exchange model for all-to-all order matching contrasting with the over-the-counter model that currently exists with phone dealers servicing individual investors. This allows individual investors to access transparent inter-bank bond pricing with no hidden spreads. The platform currently offers a wide selection of USD and SGD denominated corporate and sovereign bonds and will soon enable trading of US treasuries and US corporate bonds.Through BondbloX, individual investors will have access to:&nbsp;<ul><li>A transparent fee structure of 0.20% per trade and 0.20% p.a. of bond holdings</li><li>A wide selection of 70+ fractional USD and SGD bonds with a minimum denomination of just $1,000</li><li>A wider selection of 10,000+ full-sized bonds of $200,000 / S$250,000</li><li>Digital access to the platform from their smartphone.</li></ul>Rahul Banerjee, CEO and Co-Founder of BondbloX commented: “Bonds are becoming an increasingly attractive asset class in the face of market volatility, with the opportunity for stability and higher returns. However, they remain unattainable for many investors due to the complexity of buying, tracking and trading this asset class, and we know that many individual investors simply don’t know where to begin when it comes to the world’s bond markets. The launch of BondbloX’s offering to individual investors is designed to solve this issue.&nbsp;“We want to simplify access to bonds, giving a new audience the opportunity to diversify their portfolios and lock in these higher yields. We’re excited to be able to reach individual investors not only in Asia, but across the world, and democratise access to this exciting asset class through fractional investing,”&nbsp;he added.BondbloX has been active within the institutional market since 2016 and is backed by Citi and MassMutual Ventures. The exchange is also regulated as a Recognised Market Operator (RMO) by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).&nbsp;This announcement follows the&nbsp;<a href="https://bondblox.com/announcements/citi-to-become-first-digital-custodian-on-bondblox-bond-exchange">news last month</a> that saw Citi revealed as the first digital custodian participant of&nbsp;<a href="https://bondblox.com/">BondbloX Bond Exchange (BBX) for the institutional market.</a> The partnership will allow certain Citi clients to become BBX participants and begin trading bonds (both fractionalised and full-sized) almost immediately.&nbsp;Individual investors can sign up to trade bonds on BondbloX by&nbsp;<a href="https://onelink.to/tzzxev">clicking here</a>.<a href="#_ftnref1">[1]</a> subject to any local specific requirements

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BondbloX Bond Exchange (BBX), the world’s first fractional bond exchange, has today announced that its unified platform to track and trade bonds will be available for individual investors globally.

BondbloX Launches Asia’s First Bond Trading Platform for Individual Investors

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Hong Kong/Singapore/London/ New York – Citi Securities Services today announced that it has become the first digital custodian participant of BondbloX Bond Exchange (BBX), the world’s first fractional bond exchange using the latest in distributed ledger technology.BBX was launched in 2020 to simplify bond investing by&nbsp;allowing investors to track &amp; trade bonds electronically. The launch was seen as a significant leap forward in revolutionizing bond trading, making it more accessible to a broader range of investors by fractionalizing full-sized bonds and bringing many of the benefits of equities trading to the bond market, in terms of improved access to the exchange trading of bonds and now the provision of settlement &amp; custodial services in the BBX market.&nbsp;The partnership with Citi allows Citi’s clients that meet certain criteria, to become BBX participants and begin trading bonds (both fractionalized and full-sized) almost immediately, with Citi providing seamless settlement and custody services at the back end.Citi was initially chosen by BondbloX in 2021 to act as custodian for the underlying bonds issued and traded on its exchange as fractionalized assets (called “BondbloX”). The recent extended relationship unlocks additional opportunities and benefits for Citi’s clients as well as other BBX participants. In addition to benefiting from the services of a digital custodian, participants gain wider access to the global bond market enabling greater diversification of their investment portfolios, and immediate, atomic settlement at the point of trade execution.&nbsp;“The decision to partner with Citi was an easy one, given their reputation as a leading securities services provider and our history of collaboration,” commented Dr. Rahul Banerjee, CEO and Co-Founder of BondbloX. “This partnership will enable Citi’s clients and others to enjoy the full benefits of bond trading, coupled with Citi’s securities services support, almost immediately. Digital Custody is the next big step in the transformation of the bond market, making bond markets, more transparent, electronic and accessible to all. Now, bonds are more easily accessible to everyone.”“Today’s announcement demonstrates our commitment to investing in the future of digital financial market infrastructure by building products and services to support the current and future needs of our clients,” stated Matthew Bax, Global Head of Custody for Citi Securities Services. “We are committed to partnering with BondbloX on their journey to transform and simplify the bond trading and investing journey.”“This proprietary digital custody technology is scalable and will allow us to provide settlement and custody services for clients investing in assets issued on permissioned blockchain networks and digital FMIs. It enables Citi to connect to newly permissioned networks as they emerge and provide a fully consolidated custody service through a single operating model,” said Nadine Teychenne, Head of Digital Assets for Citi Securities Services. “To develop this service, we leveraged our expertise in exchange-traded settlement and custody services which we provide today in around 70 FMIs globally.”With approximately USD$27.7 trillion (as of 30 June, 2023) under custody, administration and trust worldwide, and a leading proprietary network spanning more than 60 markets, Citi Securities Services provides cross-border support for clients with extensive on-the-ground local market expertise, innovative post-trade technologies, customized data solutions, and a wide range of securities services solutions that can be tailored to meet clients’ needs.Citi continues to develop digital asset solutions, in line with its goals and risk appetite, using a unified set of shared technology capabilities and a common strategic approach. These innovative solutions enhance Citi’s products and services including digital money, trade, securities, custody, asset servicing and collateral mobility.&nbsp;About&nbsp;Citi:Citi&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;preeminent&nbsp;bankingpartner&nbsp;for&nbsp;institutions&nbsp;with&nbsp;cross-border&nbsp;needs,&nbsp;a&nbsp;global&nbsp;leader&nbsp;in wealth management and a valued personal bank in its home market of the United States. Citi does business in nearly 160 countries and jurisdictions, providing corporations, governments, investors, institutions, and individuals with a broad range of financial products and services.Additional information may be found at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.citigroup.com/">www.citigroup.com</a>&nbsp;| Twitter:&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/Citi">@Citi</a>&nbsp;| LinkedIn:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.linkedin.com/company/citi">www.linkedin.com/company/citi</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;YouTube:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.youtube.com/citi%7C">www.youtube.com/citi</a>&nbsp;| Facebook:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.facebook.com/citi">www.facebook.com/citi</a>&nbsp;About BondbloX:Founded in 2016, we are a team of debt capital market bankers and technologists, spread across Singapore, India and Mexico, working to realize one vision - provide easy access to bonds for all investors. The BondbloX Bond Exchange is the world’s first fractional bond exchange, regulated as a Recognized Market Operator by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. We are backed by Citi &amp; MassMutual Ventures as investors.&nbsp;Additional information may be found at https://bondblox.com/&nbsp;Media&nbsp;Contacts:<figure class="table"><table><tbody><tr><td>Arundathi&nbsp;Abyshekar</td><td><a href="mailto:arundathi.abyshekar@citi.com">arundathi.abyshekar@citi.com</a></td><td>&nbsp; &nbsp; +852&nbsp;2868&nbsp;7684&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>Kai Feng Ho</td><td><a href="mailto:kai.feng.ho@citi.com">kai.feng.ho@citi.com</a></td><td>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;+65 6657 5570</td></tr></tbody></table></figure>

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Citi Securities Services today announced that it has become the first digital custodian participant of BondbloX Bond Exchange (BBX), the world’s first fractional bond exchange using the latest in distributed ledger technology.

CITI TO BECOME FIRST DIGITAL CUSTODIAN ON BONDBLOX BOND EXCHANGE

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We are thrilled to announce the integration of BondEvalue, our bond information service, into BondbloX, our bond exchange. Going forward, BondbloX is a unified platform to track and trade bonds.BondbloX represents the critical link to the realization of our vision: Make bond investing easy, where every investor, big or small, can invest in bonds with the same ease and efficiency as an institutional investor.&nbsp;Our aim is to democratize the bond markets, just like equity exchanges did when they moved from floor trading (aka OTC) to electronic trading thirty years ago.&nbsp;BondbloX will allow investors to track and trade bonds conveniently through an integrated App, which will be launched in July 2023. Existing users of the BondEvalue App will continue to track their bond portfolios on the new BondbloX App. The platform is regulated as a Recognised Market Operator (RMO) by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). It offers investors:<ul><li>A transparent fee structure of 0.20% per trade and 0.20% of assets under holdings (cash and bonds)</li><li>A wide selection of 60+ fractional USD and SGD bonds with a minimum denomination of just $1,000</li><li>A wider selection of 10,000+ full-sized bonds of $200,000 / S$250,000</li><li>Electronic access - no need to call your banker to trade bonds anymore</li></ul>&nbsp;We are filled with gratitude to each of you for participating in and supporting our journey and look forward to serving you as clients of the new BondbloX. If you would like to have pre-launch access to the BondbloX bond exchange, please do sign up on the link: <a href="https://www.bondblox.com/trade-bonds/sign-up">https://www.bondblox.com/trade-bonds/sign-up</a>.&nbsp;

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We are thrilled to announce the integration of BondEvalue, our bond information service, into BondbloX, our bond exchange. Going forward, BondbloX is a unified platform to track and trade bonds. BondbloX represents the critical link to the realization of our vision: Make bond investing easy, where every investor, big or small, can invest in bonds with the same ease and efficiency as an institutional investor. 

BondEvalue is now BondbloX, a Unified Platform to Track & Trade Bonds

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BondbloX and TransFICC sign MOU to enhance connectivity for Digital BondsTransFICC and BondbloX Bond Exchange have signed an MOU to enable sell-side banks to trade digital bonds. There has been a recent spurt in the issuance of digital bonds, however it has hitherto been hard to trade them in the secondary market. BondbloX is the world’s first bond exchange built on Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). Using TransFICC, fixed income desks of the major banks can trade on the bond exchange without needing to incur additional technology infrastructure spend.Financial Institutions can leverage the client library offered by TransFICC to connect and trade on multiple FICC trading venues. Adding the BondbloX Bond Exchange will be a big leap towards enabling the trading of Digital Assets called BondbloX within traditional financial markets.TransFICC is already connected to the BondbloX Bond Exchange for live market data and will be expanding this partnership to include (1) Streaming of orders into the BondbloX CLOB for fractional bonds, (2) RFQ based trading of Full-Size bonds and (3) STP of trade settlements.&nbsp;“Credit trading desks wish to trade bonds more efficiently without counterparty risk, and the TransFICC API allows them to connect with us quickly. TransFICC transforms traditional orders into a form that can trade digital bonds.” said Dr Rahul Banerjee, CEO and Co-founder of BondEvalue."We are happy to partner with BondbloX, which offers clients an alternative source of liquidity on a regulated bond exchange," said Steve Toland, Co-founder of TransFICC.&nbsp;About TransFICCTransFICC is an eTrading technology company providing solutions for the Fixed Income and Derivatives Markets. TransFICC specialises in API translation and connectivity technology to address issues of market fragmentation, data throughput and automation of trading workflows.About BondEvalueThe BondbloX Bond Exchange ("BBX") is the world's first fractional bond exchange launched by BondEvalue. Regulated as a Recognised Market Operator by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, BondEvalue transforms the bond market by enabling investors to conduct electronic bond trading of fractional bonds ("BondbloX") via partner banks and brokers.As an exchange, settlement is atomic, prices are fully transparent, and execution is on a Central-Limit-Order Book. BondEvalue's proprietary technology and enterprise-grade blockchain enable investors to buy and sell bonds in denominations of SGD/US$1,000 instead of the usual SGD 250,000/US$200,000.

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TransFICC and BondbloX Bond Exchange have signed an MOU to enable sell-side banks to trade digital bonds. There has been a recent spurt in the issuance of digital bonds, however it has hitherto been hard to trade them in the secondary market. BondbloX is the world’s first bond exchange built on Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). Using TransFICC, fixed income desks of the major banks can trade on the bond exchange without needing to incur additional technology infrastructure spend.

BondbloX and TransFICC sign MOU to enhance connectivity for Digital Bonds

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4 November 2022 - Singapore - We are proud and delighted to announce that BondEvalue has won the MAS Singapore Financial Institution Award 2022 at the Singapore Fintech Festival.<figure class="image"><img src="/uploads/MAS_Best_Financial_Institution_Bond_Evalue_Bondblo_X_cdf7aabcb9.jpg" alt=""></figure>The solution that won the award is the BondbloX Bond Exchange (BBX), the world’s first fractional bond exchange that enables investors to trade fractional bonds electronically, just like stocks. Regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), BBX brings efficiency to the bond markets with transparent bond prices and atomic settlement (T+0). With BBX, investors get instant access to bonds and diversification opportunities for their investment portfolios.There were 12 nominees for the Singapore Financial Institution Award including global banks such as HSBC and Citi. Standard Chartered and ICBC came in second and third for the award category.In addition to the MAS Singapore Financial Institution Award, BondEvalue also won the following awards:Top FinTech LeadersRajaram Kannan, Co-Founder &amp; CTO of BondEvalue was awarded the Top FinTech Leader Award by the Singapore Fintech Association (SFA). Rajaram played a crucial role in charting the development of the BBX, leading initiatives in the emergent technological areas of public cloud and blockchain.Knowledge Enterprise&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="/uploads/Knowledge_Enterprise_Bond_Evalue_a8e7fb6b46.jpg" alt=""></figure>BondEvalue won the Knowledge Enterprise Award by the Singapore Fintech Association (SFA) for its contribution to the broader finance community in two ways:&nbsp;(a) Curating and delivering quality FinTech courses including the flagship Digital Assets in Capital Markets course, recognized by IBF-STS, that educates finance professionals on digital assets - assets created on a blockchain network.(b) Continuously sharing knowledge on Web3 and capital markets at FinTech events on all scales, including bringing the renowned Digital Assets Week conference to Singapore for the first time in September 2022, being Platinum Sponsors for the Digital Assets Week in London in November 2022, speaking at the Point Zero Forum in Zurich and the India Fintech Festival.&nbsp;About the AwardsRecognising the accelerated pace of digitalisation in businesses over the last two years, the theme for the 2022 Awards is "Embracing Digital. Charting the New Normal." A new sustainability criteria has been included on top of the previous judging criteria of impact, practicality, interoperability, and uniqueness and creativity. This underscores the importance and urgent need for active integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors as part of the overall FinTech business model. About BondEvalueBondEvalue is a fixed income-focused fintech that has launched the world's first fractional bond exchange – the BondbloX Bond Exchange (“BBX”). Regulated as a Recognised Market Operator by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, BondEvalue transforms the bond market globally by enabling investors to conduct electronic bond trading of fractional bonds via partner banks and brokers. The company’s proprietary technology and enterprise-grade blockchain enables fractional bond (“BondbloX”) investors to buy and sell bonds in denominations of SGD/US$1,000 instead of the usual SGD 250,000/US$200,000. As an exchange, settlement is atomic and prices are fully transparent. BBX provides investors instant access to bond markets and diversification opportunities for their investment portfolio. BBX has integrated with global custodians Northern Trust and Citibank. The bond exchange has members from across the world and lists the most popular EM G3 bonds.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

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We are proud and delighted to announce that BondEvalue has won the MAS Singapore Financial Institution Award 2022 at the Singapore Fintech Festival. There were 12 nominees for the Singapore Financial Institution Award including global banks such as HSBC and Citi. Standard Chartered and ICBC came in second and third for the award category. In addition, BondEvalue has also won the Top Fintech Leaders and Knowledge Enterprise Awards.

BondEvalue Wins The MAS Best Singapore Financial Institution Award 2022

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28 September 2022 – London, Singapore – Archax and BondEvalue today announced a strategic partnership to deliver digital solutions for the ownership, trading and custody of fractional fixed income products using blockchain technology.Archax, the first and only FCA regulated digital securities exchange, broker and custodian, will enable their clients to access investment opportunities on BondEvalue’s regulated platform, the BondbloX Bond Exchange (BBX), a blockchain-based bond exchange which allows investors to conduct electronic trading of fractional bonds (BondbloX) from as low as $1,000. Archax will provide access to the fractional bonds on BBX via their broker membership, enabling investors to create a diversified portfolio of institutional grade bonds with transparency and at low cost.Graham Rodford, CEO and co-founder of Archax, commented “Our partnership with BondEvalue will allow a wider group of investors access to investments which were historically only available to larger institutions because of a high entry threshold. It enables us to continue to lead and develop future market solutions supported by our focus on disrupting capital markets using blockchain technology innovation. The partnership is a further step towards our buildout for Asia-Pacific as we start to scale Archax globally.”&nbsp;Dr. Rahul Banerjee, CEO and co-founder of BondEvalue, added: “The Archax team are leaders in the regulated DLT space, and we are excited to work with them in democratising the bond market. Working together, we will form a ‘bond-bridge’ between Europe and Asia.”&nbsp;About ArchaxArchax is a global, regulated, digital asset exchange, brokerage and custodian headquartered in London. Founded by experts from the financial markets world and backed by an accomplished advisory board, Archax offers a credible bridge between the decentralised finance and the traditional finance investment space.Archax was the UK's first FCA regulated digital securities exchange, broker and custodian. It was also the first firm on the FCA's Cryptoasset register.Archax has been designed specifically for institutional investors to trade in all types of digital assets, from cryptocurrencies to digital securities. It is built using existing, proven, resilient, scalable, high-performance exchange infrastructure, hosted in top-tier datacentre space, and integrated into an existing institutional trading workflow.About BondEvalueBondEvalue is a fixed income-focused fintech that has launched the world's first fractional bond exchange – the BondbloX Bond Exchange (“BBX”). Regulated as a Recognised Market Operator by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, BondEvalue transforms the bond market globally by enabling investors to conduct electronic bond trading of fractional bonds via partner banks and brokers. The company’s proprietary technology and enterprise-grade blockchain enables fractional bond (“BondbloX”) investors to buy and sell bonds in denominations of SGD/US$1,000 instead of the usual SGD 250,000/US$200,000. As an exchange, settlement is atomic and prices are fully transparent. BBX provides investors instant access to bond markets and diversification opportunities for their investment portfolio. BBX has integrated with global custodians Northern Trust and Citibank. The bond exchange has members from across the world and lists the most popular EM G3 bonds.&nbsp;

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Archax, the first and only FCA regulated digital securities exchange, broker and custodian, will enable their clients to access investment opportunities on BondEvalue’s regulated platform, the BondbloX Bond Exchange (BBX), a blockchain-based bond exchange which allows investors to conduct electronic trading of fractional bonds (BondbloX) from as low as $1,000. Archax will provide access to the fractional bonds on BBX via their broker membership, enabling investors to create a diversified portfolio of institutional grade bonds with transparency and at low cost.

Archax Partners with BondEvalue

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Singapore-based Bond Exchange <a href="https://bondevalue.com/">BondEvalue</a> announced the appointment of <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-hartnett-937a813/">Mr. Bill Hartnett</a> as Board Advisor. Mr. Hartnett will advise the Board on strategic matters with a focus on international expansion and scaling the <a href="https://www.bondblox.com/">BondbloX Bond Exchange</a>.His appointment comes at an exciting time for the fixed income-focused company which has announced expansion to Mexico and India since closing an over-subscribed Series A round last year, led by MassMutual Ventures and Citi.Mr. Hartnett has 35 years of experience in capital markets and made investments in a significant number of market infrastructure and financial technology companies during the past 15 years while he was at Citi, some of which went from concept to IPO while he was a Board Member.“Bill has experienced the technological evolution of capital markets&nbsp;having started as a pit trader in Philadelphia, through decades of electronification in the FX and FI markets and more recently investing in the institutional adoption of digital assets. He has a true understanding of market structure. On behalf of the Board, I would like to welcome Bill to the BondEvalue family,”&nbsp;said BondEvalue Co-Founder and CEO <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-banerjee-7710373/">Rahul Banerjee</a>.Mr. Hartnett said, “The Bond markets are becoming increasingly digitised with advances in technology accelerating the process. BondbloX is utilising digital asset technology to open the fixed income asset class to individuals in the developing markets by becoming the first exchange in the world to fractionalise bonds. I look forward to closely working with Rahul, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/raj-kannan-4a9313/">Rajaram</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajesh-johar-ba2339/">Rajesh</a> in their journey.”&nbsp;&nbsp;<h4>About BondEvalue:</h4>BondEvalue is a Singapore-based FinTech that has been disrupting the Asian fixed income markets since 2016. The founders, Rahul Banerjee, Rajaram Kannan and Rajesh Johar have decades of leadership experience in debt markets, on both business and technology sides. In October 2020, BondEvalue received a <a href="https://bondevalue.com/news/bondevalue-gets-mas-approval-to-operate-the-bondblox-bond-exchange/">Recognised Market Operator (RMO) approval</a> from the Monetary Authority of Singapore to operate BondbloX Bond Exchange, the world’s first fractional bond exchange. The company’s proprietary technology and enterprise-grade blockchain enables BondbloX investors to <a href="https://www.bondblox.com/all-featured-articles/how-to-fractionalize-bonds-and-shares-using-dlt">buy and sell bonds in denominations of US$1,000 instead of the usual US$200,000</a>, and through a public exchange where prices are highly transparent. The platform operates on a B2B2C model and connects to the end investor via their bank or broker.BondEvalue Information Services brings innovation to bond price discovery, AI-based news, analytics, and delivers these services via mobile, web and APIs.&nbsp; Please visit&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bondblox.com">www.bondblox.com</a> and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bondevalue.com/">www.bondevalue.com</a> for further information.&nbsp;<h4>About Bill Hartnett:</h4>Bill has over 35 years of experience in capital markets including 28 with Citi. From 2007 to 2021, he was Head of Market Infrastructure and FinTech Investments for Citi Global Markets. He managed a portfolio with a team of six people across New York, Singapore and London. The portfolio’s investment focus is on early and growth stage strategic investments in data and analytics, execution venues, trade processing, clearing, settlement, connectivity, communication and high-performance computing companies. Bill served as a director on the boards of Tradeweb and Markit Group (IHS Markit now part of S&amp;P Global) for seven years prior to those companies going public. Other board directorships included Ipreo, The Clearing Corporation (now ICE CDS Clearing), OTC Derivnet (LCH Swapclear), FX Global Clear, Symphony and QC Ware. During his tenure, the team made investments in blockchain-based tech companies Digital Asset Holdings, Axoni, Symbiont, R3 and BondEvalue.Bill retired from Citi in mid-2021 to move west to Salt Lake City with his wife to enjoy the skiing and hiking in the Wasatch mountains.

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Singapore-based Bond Exchange BondEvalue announced the appointment of Mr. Bill Hartnett as Board Advisor. Mr. Hartnett will advise the Board on strategic matters with a focus on international expansion and scaling the BondbloX Bond Exchange.

BondEvalue Announces the Appointment of Mr. Bill Hartnett as Board Advisor

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Fractional bonds will now be available on the FinIQ platform. Banks and financial institutions which use FinIQ would have direct access to the BondbloX Bond Exchange (BBX). This would enable these banks to trade fixed income live on an instant atomic settlement basis on BBX. Banks can also offer direct access to their wealth clients for fixed income trades as they have been so for structured notes on the FinIQ platform.Shodhan Shah, director of FinIQ, commented "Our partnership with BondEvalue further bolsters our core offering of providing a front-to-back platform for wealth managers which digitizes, sales and distribution processes. We see increased demand for digital bonds from our clients.""A step towards the digitalisation, democratisation and direct access to bond investment. This takes us closer to our goal of allowing every equity investor to also buy bonds," said Rajesh Johar, Co-founder of BondEvalue."We are excited to join hands with FinIQ in our journey to democratise trading bonds. About 40 banks and venues use FinIQ's open architecture, to provide live quotes and express order capture at a button's click for various financial products. Using bondblox, private banks would be able to offer more personalized and differentiated bond portfolios."About BondevalueThe BondbloX Bond Exchange ("BBX") is the world's first fractional bond exchange launched by BondEvalue. Regulated as a Recognised Market Operator by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, BondEvalue transforms the bond market by enabling investors to conduct electronic bond trading of fractional bonds ("BondbloX") via partner banks and brokers. BBX has integrated with global custodians Northern Trust and Citibank.As an exchange, settlement is atomic, prices are fully transparent, and execution is on a Central-Limit-Order Book. BondEvalue's proprietary technology and enterprise-grade blockchain enable investors to buy and sell bonds in denominations of SGD/US$1,000 instead of the usual SGD 250,000/US$200,000.About FinIQFinIQ is a Singapore-based capital markets technology provider. Established in 2001, FinIQ today caters to order management, best execution, compliance, suitability, documentation, valuation and post-trade life cycle requirements of over 40 financial institutions.The platform is used by nearly 15,000 bankers across 21 countries to electronically trade financial instruments including derivatives, structured products, swaps, funds, bonds, cash equity and cash FX. Direct to Client apps and APIs are also offered in addition to the enterprise platform.

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Fractional bonds are now made available on the FinIQ platform, where banks and financial institutions which use FinIQ would have direct access to the BondbloX Bond Exchange (BBX).

BondEvalue and FinIQ sign MOU to offer fractional bonds

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We're proud to announce that BondEvalue has won the <a href="https://www.ubs.com/microsites/future-of-finance-challenge/en/finalists.html#tab-511736288">UBS Future of Finance Challenge - Reimagining Investing Category</a>, for our proposal and pitch on the BondbloX Bond Exchange! We are honored to have been awarded first place in our category out of 475 submissions, 5 launch events, and 10 finalists from some of the most innovative companies.We are looking forward to reimagining bond investing, and to be a part of the future of finance with the UBS team.A huge thank you to our mentors <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAQ-ojkBi2OobUil_I1p6a1IOFafgsqyqd4">Kishore K.</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAA0-wwB1TmKkyor9BIMw_8euP_kkd1c86Q">Ash Tong</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAABDs3akBxcq552puaL3p_Ki8h-oD9XfMJwc">Dario de Wet</a> for their superb feedback during our mentoring sessions, our investors, advisors for enabling us to make our vision into a reality, and to the team for their continued efforts in bringing bond investing to all at any size, anytime and anywhere.&nbsp;Since 2015, the UBS Future of Finance Challenge has been open to start-ups and established, growing companies that change the way finance works and meets the client needs of the future. The 2021 competition was delivered in collaboration with Anthemis, Deloitte and Microsoft for Startups.

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BondEvalue has won the UBS Future of Finance Challenge - Reimagining Investing Category, for our proposal and pitch on the BondbloX Bond Exchange

BondEvalue wins the UBS Future of Finance Challenge 2021

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New Member Onboarded

We are delighted to announce that GFM Asset Management has joined BondbloX Bond Exchange as our newest member!We are also excited to share that GFM is our first member based out of Hong Kong!GFM is a Hong Kong-based provider of wealth management services for professional global citizens and their multinational families.&nbsp;Initially focused on serving American clients with US IRA, 401k, and 529 accounts, GFM now serves high net worth and pre high net worth individuals in over a dozen countries around the world with a full suite of wealth management services and a passionate interest in evaluating individual stock opportunities.GFM co-Founder Tariq Dennison TEP is also a renowned speaker and lecturer on fixed income, ETFs and alternative investments, and uses the BondbloX platform to build better balanced bond ladders for non-US clients.Find out more on: <a href="https://gfmasset.com/">https://gfmasset.com</a>/

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GFM Asset Management has joined BondbloX Bond Exchange as our newest member!

GFM Asset Management joins BondbloX Bond Exchange

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We are delighted to announce that Century Private Wealth has joined BondbloX Bond Exchange as our newest member! We are also excited to share that Century Private Wealth is our first member headquartered in the United Arab Emirates! Century Private Wealth is a Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) regulated Asset and Wealth Manager, entrusted with the legacies of some of the Middle-East’s most successful entrepreneurs, innovators, visionaries, and their families. Managed by highly qualified professionals and seasoned bankers, we are committed to setting the highest standards in Private Wealth Management, providing tailored investment advice clubbed with transparent solutions. Speaking about the partnership, Madhur Kakkar, CEO, Century Private Wealth , said - “Century Private Wealth manages some of the most discerning clients across the Middle East markets. We are delighted to partner with BondEvalue - BondBlox. It’s indeed a futuristic concept, empowering clients to trade international bonds in fractional amounts. This partnership fits well within our motto of offering unique and valuable solutions to our clients and we believe it would certainly enhance our expansive product suite.” Rajesh Johar, Co-founder &amp; CCO, BondbloX Bond Exchange added, “I am pleased to welcome Century Private Wealth as our first member from the United Arab Emirates and one of the truly innovative Asset and Wealth managers based in the region. The partnership will allow individual clients from UAE and across the world to access fractional bonds listed on BondbloX Bond Exchange via Century Private Wealth and we look forward to facilitating those flows” Find out more on: <a href="https://www.centurywealth.ae/">https://www.centurywealth.ae/</a>

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Century Private Wealth has joined BondbloX Bond Exchange as our newest member!

Century Private Wealth joins BondbloX Bond Exchange

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We are delighted to announce that Aldiracita Sekuritas Indonesia has joined BondbloX Bond Exchange as our newest member!We are also excited to share that Aldiracita Sekuritas Indonesia is our first member headquartered in the Republic of Indonesia! Aldiracita Sekuritas Indonesia was established in 1990 as a securities company and member of the Indonesia Stock Exchange. They provide a wide range of financial services, from equity and fixed income brokerage, investment banking, and corporate finance services to institutional and retail clients by taking into consideration clients' risk tolerance and market dynamics. Aldiracita Sekuritas Indonesia, through its subsidiary, PT Surya Timur Alam Raya (STAR Asset Management), a fund management company, provides and manages various mutual funds to the needs of high net worth individuals, corporations, financial institutions, pension funds, and retail clients.Find out more on: <a href="https://aldiracita.com/en/home/">https://aldiracita.com/en/home/</a>

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Aldiracita Sekuritas Indonesia has joined BondbloX Bond Exchange as our newest member!

Aldiracita Sekuritas Indonesia  joins BondbloX Bond Exchange

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Singapore-based fintech BondEvalue has raised US$6 million in its Series A round of fund raising, with MassMutual Ventures Southeast Asia and Citigroup among the new investors. Both institutions are expected to be represented on the board.The latest round brings the total raised by the company to US$10 million and affirms investor confidence as its digital exchange for trading fractionalised bonds continues to gain momentum.Other investors included existing shareholders Potato Productions, a company helmed by entrepreneur Lee Han Shih, and Octava, a Singapore-based family office.BondEvalue was established in 2016 to provide electronic bond trading and to make bond investments accessible to a wider group of individual investors. Last October, it received a Recognised Market Operator (RMO) approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore to operate BondbloX Bond Exchange, the world’s first fractional bond exchange.The company’s proprietary technology and enterprise-grade blockchain enables BondbloX investors to buy and sell bonds in denominations of US$1,000 instead of the usual US$200,000, and through a public exchange where prices are highly transparent.BondEvalue Co-Founder and CEO Rahul Banerjee said: “Citi and MassMutual are behemoths in the bond market. Their support of our vision to have a transparent bond market will accelerate our momentum.”“We are excited about the future and are focused on executing our mission of bringing bond investing to the so-called HENRYs (High earners, not rich yet), who hitherto were unable to buy bonds.”BondEvalue will use the proceeds to increase its international members. It also announced its joint venture (JV) in Mexico that is headed by Mr. Jaime Zenizo, previously head trader for HSBC Mexico. The JV will form a Peso bond exchange and represents the first local currency expansion by BondEvalue.Anvesh Ramineni, Managing Director at MassMutual Ventures, said: “Investing in corporate bonds has typically been out of reach for most retail investors in Asia. BondEvalue is changing that by bringing greater transparency and democratising access to the fixed income asset class.&nbsp; We are very excited to partner with Rahul and the BondEvalue team and look forward to supporting them on their journey.”Chris Cox, Global Head of Data and Digitisation and Strategic Projects, and EMEA Head of Securities Services at Citi, said: “We are delighted to close our investment in BondEvalue.&nbsp; Alongside Northern Trust, Citi will join the BondbloX Bond Exchange as an asset servicing provider and as a strategic partner to the BondEvalue ecosystem. We are excited about the prospect of digitalisation of traditional assets and to be part of that journey with BondEvalue.”Deepak Mehra, Citi’s Asia Head of Strategic FinTech Investments and Electronification, added, “The trend towards electronification of bonds markets is accelerating. We are excited about our strategic investment in BondEvalue as it fits with our focus on working with category champions in the Asia-Pacific innovation ecosystem.“Citi’s Strategic FinTech Investments programme seeks to invest in highly innovative companies with the potential to transform the industry over the medium-to-long term while helping our investee companies leverage Citi’s product expertise, deep client relationships and unparalleled global network to realize their vision.”For more information on the BondbloX Bond Exchange, please visit <a href="http://www.bondevalue.com/">www.bondevalue.com</a>.<h4>About MassMutual Ventures:</h4>MassMutual Ventures (MMV) is a multistage global venture capital firm investing in enterprise software, cybersecurity, financial technology, and digital health companies. With deep expertise and an extensive Fortune 500 network, MMV helps entrepreneurs build compelling and scalable companies of value. MMV has offices in Boston and Singapore, with $450 million under management. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.massmutualventures.com/">www.massmutualventures.com</a>.<h4>About Citi:</h4>Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.

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BondEvalue has raised US$6 million in its Series A round of fundraising, with MassMutual Ventures Southeast Asia and Citi among the new investors. Both institutions are expected to be represented on the board.

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