Deutsche Bank has conducted its first euro-denominated cross-border payment using Partior’s blockchain platform.
The transaction was carried out in collaboration with DBS, Southeast Asia’s largest bank by assets, with Deutsche Bank acting as the settlement bank and DBS as the beneficiary bank.
Deutsche Bank invested in Partior in 2024 and finalised a platform agreement in May 2025 to provide real-time, secure, and scalable settlement.
This live transaction marks a key step in the development of Deutsche Bank’s cross-border payment solutions for financial institution (FI) clients.
Deutsche Bank and DBS, a founding shareholder of Partior, worked to ensure the blockchain network was interoperable with traditional payment rails, allowing the transaction to be executed across different financial market infrastructures.
Ciaran Byrne, Head of Product Management Institutional Cash Management at Deutsche Bank, commented:
“We envisage a future using multiple rails, be it SWIFT, stablecoins, or blockchain-based solutions, where intelligent and negotiated routing produces maximum value in terms of processing efficiency, cost and client experience. Blockchain is clearly gaining traction in the industry and will form an integral component of how we service our FI clients. Through our partnership with Partior, we will offer clients a whole new experience in terms of real-time execution.”
Humphrey Valenbreder, Partior’s CEO, added:
“In a very short timeframe, we have demonstrated that our new rails create real, live business opportunities for our partners and their clients. By enabling real-time settlement alongside messaging, with the security and finality required by global systemically important banks, we are creating new possibilities for cross-border value transfer.”
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