The EWP growth market: opportunities and challenges for digital platforms

Electronic Securities are efficient and cost-effective, facilitating access to the capital market for new target groups. By collaborating with strong partners in the areas of payments and regulation, platforms can rapidly and securely - from a legal standpoint - tap into this new market.

Quick Facts

Electronic Securities

• are digital versions of traditional securities such as shares, bonds, or debt instruments. They do not exist physically as certificates but solely in electronic form.
• can be managed centrally or in a so-called crypto securities registry based on decentralized databases (distributed ledger technology), such as blockchain.
• confer a legal claim to the holders, e.g., on dividends, interest, or repayment-a key difference from cryptocurrencies.
• are subject in Germany to the Electronic Securities Act (‘eWpG’)".