Both companies listed publicly, NSX Ltd., which is the owner of the National Stock Exchange of Australia, and the financial institution known as iSignthis (ISX) have announced on Thursday that they’re partnering up to offer a platform for trading digital securities.

The platform will be called ClearPay. It is going to be distributed ledger technology (DLT)-based and at the same time offer almost instant transactions instead of delayed settlement. The know your customer’s customer type of security and other solutions offered by iSignthis will be integrated in it.

ClearPay aims to compete with ASX, also known as the Australian Securities Exchange, since the ASX is also working to replace its out-of-date CHESS clearing system with DLT. The exchange is collaborating with the blockchain company Digital Asset to provide same-day settlement solutions, as traditional trades take up to 3 days at the moment. The ASX is thinking about starting to test its new platform in July this year.

NSX’s CEO Thomas Price mentioned in an interview that cash equity exchanges all over the world are going through a technological revolution and that the market is in agreement when it comes to challenging settlement and clearing legacy methods. Here are his exact words on what NSX should do in such a climate:

“Having patiently monitored the development of the appropriate technology … we consider that this is the right time for the NSX to act.”

ISX invested through a private placement not less than $4.2 million in NSX. This means the investor gets a 12.96% stake in NSX at a share of $0.145. It’s expected for ClearPay to go live at the beginning of next year. After this will happen, the international and domestic broker network should join through the ISO20022 electronic data interchange standard while using a standard blockchain for participation. Share registry operators and participants will gain access to the DTL platform that is going to have the National Stock Exchange of Australia as a central authority.

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