🏦 Major Financial Institutions Back Chainlink Compliance Solution in New White Paper
🏦 Major Financial Institutions Back Chainlink Compliance Solution in New White Paper
🏛️ IMF backs Chainlink
Global Layer One (GL1) has published a white paper featuring Chainlink's Automated Compliance Engine (ACE) as a solution for regulated tokenized assets.
Key Contributors:
- Bank for International Settlements Innovation Hub
- International Monetary Fund
- Banque de France
- Monetary Authority of Singapore
- J.P. Morgan's Kinexys
- Standard Chartered Bank
ACE Capabilities:
- Separates compliance rules from application logic
- Updates policies without redeploying smart contracts
- Links wallet addresses across networks to a single identity
- Performs offchain risk scoring with onchain verification
The paper addresses the growing need for programmable compliance as financial institutions adopt tokenized assets. Cross-Chain Identity (CCID) eliminates duplicate onboarding processes across different networks.
Global Layer One (GL1) features Chainlink in its new white paper on solving compliance for regulated tokenized assets. The paper was written with contributions from global financial institutions, policymakers, and other industry organizations, including: • Bank for
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