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20 Oct 2026, 6:13 PM	Digital News Asia	5.5	BNM launches tokenised bond and sukuk platform SSDS+ as Malaysia advances digital debt markets Bank Negara Malaysia launched SSDS+, an in-house cloud and distributed-ledger platform for issuing, depository and safekeeping tokenised bonds and sukuk, integrated with RENTAS+ for 24/7 settlement. It builds on the existing SSDS and is ready to support tokenised government and retail bonds; Malaysia's bond and sukuk market stood at about US$575.6 billion at end-June 2026, with sukuk over 60% of the market in 2025. BNM soft-launched SSDS+ on 25 Sept and had published an Oct 2025 tokenisation discussion paper with a three-year roadmap. Why: If you build for Malaysian capital markets or fintech, the concrete change is central-bank settlement rails for tokenised debt via SSDS+ and RENTAS+; the next decision is whether your use case fits BNM's three-year tokenisation roadmap, while noting the article gives no public API, sandbox, or developer onboarding details. malaysia fintech tokenisation capital-markets bnm

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20 Oct 2026, 6:13 PM

Digital News Asia

5.5

BNM launches tokenised bond and sukuk platform SSDS+ as Malaysia advances digital debt markets

Bank Negara Malaysia launched SSDS+, an in-house cloud and distributed-ledger platform for issuing, depository and safekeeping tokenised bonds and sukuk, integrated with RENTAS+ for 24/7 settlement. It builds on the existing SSDS and is ready to support tokenised government and retail bonds; Malaysia's bond and sukuk market stood at about US$575.6 billion at end-June 2026, with sukuk over 60% of the market in 2025. BNM soft-launched SSDS+ on 25 Sept and had published an Oct 2025 tokenisation discussion paper with a three-year roadmap.

Why: If you build for Malaysian capital markets or fintech, the concrete change is central-bank settlement rails for tokenised debt via SSDS+ and RENTAS+; the next decision is whether your use case fits BNM's three-year tokenisation roadmap, while noting the article gives no public API, sandbox, or developer onboarding details.