Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is a U.S.-based financial market infrastructure company focused on post-trade services. Its role is to support processes that take place after financial trades, helping market participants manage transactions and related operational responsibilities. DTCC describes its work as advancing the automation, centralization, standardization and streamlining of processes that are important to market safety and soundness. Its offerings span multiple parts of the transaction lifecycle. Clearing and settlement services process securities transactions, while trade-processing solutions connect buy-side, sell-side and custodian firms across markets. The company also provides asset services, digital-asset-related infrastructure, data services and consulting. Its data offerings draw on information associated with market trends, corporate actions, reference data and post-trade activity. DTCC Consulting advises financial institutions on areas such as accelerated settlement, Treasury clearing and regulatory reporting. DTCC serves financial firms in the United States and internationally. Its website describes trade-processing solutions operating in more than 85 markets and data coverage across more than 170 countries and territories. The company presents itself as infrastructure for a connected financial marketplace, emphasizing risk management, operational efficiency, transparency, resilience and confidence. It also highlights work to connect traditional and digital markets and support changing settlement and market structures. DTCC is a privately held, member-owned company formed in 1999 through the combination of The Depository Trust Company and the National Securities Clearing Corporation. It is headquartered in New York City. DTCC continues to operate as a major provider of post-trade infrastructure and related services for financial-market participants.

DTCC was formed in 1999 through the combination of The Depository Trust Company and the National Securities Clearing Corporation, bringing together major U.S. securities depository and clearing functions in a single organization. The combination established the corporate structure from which DTCC developed as a provider of post-trade market infrastructure. It is headquartered in New York City and operates as a privately held, member-owned company. The company's business centers on supporting financial-market processes after a trade is executed. Its infrastructure supports clearing and settlement, as well as services that help firms process and manage activity across counterparties, asset classes and markets. Over time, DTCC's work has encompassed a broader set of post-trade functions, including asset servicing, trade processing, data products and advisory services. Its current website describes products and services spanning the transaction lifecycle and serving financial firms in global markets. DTCC's trade-processing solutions connect buy-side, sell-side and custodian firms. The company says those solutions operate in more than 85 markets. Its data services offer information and insights related to market trends, corporate actions, reference data and post-trade activity, with coverage stated as more than 170 countries and territories. DTCC Consulting draws on the company's post-trade expertise to advise clients on operational transformation, regulatory change, T+1 settlement, U.S. Treasury clearing and regulatory reporting. More recently, DTCC has presented digital assets and changing market structures as areas of development alongside its established infrastructure role. Its website describes efforts to connect traditional and digital markets, and highlights tokenization, extended access for U.S. equity markets and support for capital, liquidity and settlement efficiency. These initiatives sit alongside its core clearing, settlement and trade-processing services. DTCC describes its broader purpose as strengthening the safety, soundness, resilience and efficiency of financial markets through automation, standardization and connected infrastructure.

• 1999

  DTCC formed through the combination of DTC and NSCC

A central post-trade market infrastructure provider offering trusted, resilient services and technology to financial firms across markets and asset classes.

• Clearing and Settlement Services

  Services that process securities transactions and support market participants as settlement cycles evolve.

• Trade Processing Solutions

  Solutions connecting buy-side, sell-side and custodian firms across markets to streamline post-trade workflows.

• DTCC Data Services

  Market data, corporate actions, reference data, intelligence and analytics for financial firms.

• DTCC Consulting

  Advisory services on post-trade operations, T+1 settlement, U.S. Treasury clearing and regulatory reporting.

• Digital Assets

  Solutions intended to connect traditional market infrastructure with evolving digital ecosystems.

• Develop infrastructure for digital marketsOther

• Support accelerated settlement and market-structure changeOther

• 2026.10.29

  Reported2026.10.29

  DTCC introduces tokenized securities service[5]DTCC推出代币化证券服务econotimes.com

  DTCC introduced a service for tokenized securities, aiming to reduce friction in collateral movement and bring digital-asset tools into institutional workflows. BitGo is working alongside DTCC on the service’s underlying systems.

• 2026.10.28

  Reported2026.10.28

  DTCC launches tokenisation service[6]DTCC推出代币化服务globalcustodian.com

  DTCC launched a tokenisation service for DTC-custodied securities. The service had signed up 20 DTC participants and was initially set to connect to the Canton Network and DTCC’s private Besu network.

• 2022.03.30

  Reported2022.03.30

  DTCC appoints two directors to its board[7]DTCC任命两名董事加入董事会crowdfundinsider.com

  DTCC announced that William (Bill) Capuzzi and Kelley Conway had joined its Board of Directors.

• 2021.09.10

  Reported2021.09.10

  Sponsored General Collateral Service launches[8]Sponsored General Collateral Service推出prnewswire.com

  DTCC's subsidiary Fixed Income Clearing Corporation offered the newly launched Sponsored General Collateral Service. Broadridge announced that the first fixed income trades for the service had been completed via its post-trade processing solution, in conjunction with DTCC and BNY Mellon.

• 2021.08.09

  Reported2021.08.09

  DTCC launches enhanced CDS Kinetics platform[9]DTCC推出升级版CDS Kinetics平台tradersmagazine.com

  DTCC announced the launch of an enhanced CDS Kinetics platform, upgraded with more than 10 years of historical and time-series data, a new user interface, and expanded search capabilities.

• 2020.08.19

  Reported2020.08.19

  Cappitech launches Singapore MAS derivatives reporting service[10]Cappitech 推出新加坡 MAS 衍生品报告服务thetradenews.com

  Cappitech launched MAS OTC derivatives transaction reporting through a link with DTCC, allowing in-scope investors and derivatives holders to use its technology to transform data and submit it to DTCC’s Global Trade Repository service.

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1. 1Financial Market Infrastructure & Post-Trade Services | DTCCdtcc.com
2. 2Products & Services | DTCCdtcc.com
3. 3Consulting Services | DTCCdtcc.com
4. 4Data Services | DTCCdtcc.com
5. 5DTCC推出代币化证券服务econotimes.com
6. 6DTCC推出代币化服务globalcustodian.com
7. 7DTCC任命两名董事加入董事会crowdfundinsider.com
8. 8Sponsored General Collateral Service推出prnewswire.com
9. 9DTCC推出升级版CDS Kinetics平台tradersmagazine.com
10. 10Cappitech 推出新加坡 MAS 衍生品报告服务thetradenews.com
11. 11DTCC launches enhanced post-trade data analytics service with T+1 in mindglobalcustodian.com
12. 12DTCC launches tokenisation serviceassetservicingtimes.com