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Canada’s Big Six Banks Explore Interbank Tokenized Deposits
Canada’s six largest banks are jointly exploring Canadian-dollar tokenized deposits, beginning with interbank movement on shared programmable infrastructure.
What happened
BMO, CIBC, National Bank of Canada, RBC, Scotiabank and TD are participating in an initiative to test tokenized commercial-bank deposits. The first phase focuses on movement between banks.
Blue Rogues read
A shared interbank test can evaluate whether existing bank liabilities gain efficiency when represented on programmable rails without creating a separate public stablecoin.
What this confirms
All six major banks are participating in an early-stage initiative, with potential connections to broader digital-asset networks left for later phases.
What it does not confirm
This is not a retail launch or a completed national payment rail. Tokenized deposits remain liabilities of the issuing banks, and the available announcement does not establish blanket treatment under deposit insurance.
Sources and disclosures
Source: CoinDesk. The report is used within its stated scope, and attributed claims remain attributed. Blue Rogues has not converted a reported or conditional fact into independent certainty.
Update note
Observed September 23, 2026 at approximately 09:38 BRT. Any time-sensitive figure or developing status must be refreshed immediately before publication.