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14/03/2025 Banking Innovation
HSBC Gold Token is the first ever tokenized real world asset from a bank for retail investors. Unlike some common gold products, it is backed by physical gold, giving investors an opportunity to gain fractional ownership of physical gold.
Innovation details
Country
Hong Kong
Category
Product and Service Innovation
Keyword
Customer experience, Savings & Investments, Digital channels & Omnichannels, Tokenization & Nfts

Innovation presentation

HSBC Gold Token is a digital token which, unlike some common gold products in the market, allows investors to acquire Fractional Ownership of physical gold represented by tokens recorded on a distributed ledger. Each HSBC Gold Token represents the fractional ownership record of 0.001 troy ounce of gold.

- Flexibility in gold amount: You can either invest in a fraction of a gold bar more with flexibility to trade as low as 0.001 troy ounce (toz) of gold.

- Fractional ownership of physical gold: Unlike some common gold products in the market, HSBC Gold Token gives you the opportunity to own part of a physical gold bar.

- Your physical gold is safely kept and insured in HSBC’s vault. The digital token is on HSBC's distributed ledger, protected by HSBC’s technology estate.

- Easy to access: Investing in gold bars is easy now via HSBC Online Banking and HSBC HK App.

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