For this episode of METACO Talks, we were joined by Rajeev TUMMALA, Director in Digital and Data team for HSBC’s Markets &Securities Services Business in Singapore. He is engaged with Financial Market infrastructure providers on implications of DLT for securities issuance and associated asset servicing.

Rajeev has worked with Broker Dealers and Securities Service Technology providers for over 20
years in India, Japan and Singapore. Prior to joining HSBC, he was with Bank of America Merrill Lynch for 10 years. Since 2015, Rajeev has focused on innovation, applications of artificial intelligence (AI) and distributed ledger technology (DLT) on Securities Services and has had responsibility for engaging with Fintech start-ups related to AI and DLT solutions.

In this episode, we discussed, among others:

• The opportunity within the digital asset space;
• Asset-backed tokens and the role of market infrastructure players for tokens;
• Critical success factors for digital asset-related use cases;
• The HSBC experience with digital assets.

Disclaimer: This is not investment advice.