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To facilitate and orchestrate the custody process and the various use cases around it, we are adding a provider type to the network - the Custody service node. A Custody service node exposes to the FinP2P network a set of interfaces that enable Owner (trading) services (such as broker dealers, banks and exchanges) to approve them, and offer them as a segregated custody service to their clients. The custody service responsibilities include:
Facilitating a Connect to Custodian process, to onboard Investors on a custody wallet and associate it with the Owner FinP2P Profile on the Owner (trading) Node. This process ensures that the owner is indeed the same owner that was onboarded by the Owner (trading) service (such as a broker dealer, bank or exchange) and therefore has the same certificates, such as KYC/AML.
Approve and Sign FinP2P Transactions for the Investor’s asset trades.
See and report on the Investor asset holdings and balances.
Facilitate Transfer of assets from an existing FinID identity to another FinID managed by the chosen custodian.
Facilitate the process of re-associating the custody FinID account to a different Investor profile on a new Owner (trading) Node in case of Node “termination” (such as in the event of a broker dealer bankruptcy).
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This means an asset will see two types of FinP2P services associated with every owner:
The Owner Service(trading) service - managed by the Primary Node of the owner. This is the service that provides certificates for the Owner, presents investment opportunities to the owner, and will enable the owner to initiate trades.
Typically a Broker Dealer, bank, exchange etc.
Offer Offers investments opportunities and assets to investors
Manage the investment and trading processes
Helps investors see their offerings across all custodians and assets classes.
The Custody Service - the FinID of the Owner for that specific asset - managed by the financial institution’s node that provides the Custody service.
Typically a Custodian
Keeps the investors assets segregated from the Owner (trading) service, and secure.
Manages the approval and signature process for transactions initiated at the Owner (trading) service. This includes 2FA, multi signatures, hardware based security, or any other security measure.
Provides various custody solutions to the client (but not broker dealer services and trading).
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Investors associates a custodian provider (The Custody Node) with their owner profile on their Owner (trading) Node. (Note: the trading node is the institution where the investor is finding and researching new assets, trading etc , such as a broker dealer, bank exchange, etc).
Once the new FInID is approved, it is associated with the Owner Profile Resource by the Owner (trading) Node.
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Diagram depicts the interaction between the Investor, the Trading Platform and the Custody Service for associating a custody provider with an owner profile on the FinP2P Trading Node. A request is sent to the custody provider to connect the investor owner profile to the custodian account with a designated FinID for the owner. A connect approval process is coordinated with the user to connect the custodian account, validate and approve it. At the end of the process, the FinP2P Profile of the investor on the Trading Node is connected to the FinId of the investor managed by the Custodian. |
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This will be achieved by updating the Owner’s Profile with multiple FinID’s - each with it’s associated Custodian. So, when a custodian requests information from the Asset, the asset can verify that the Custodian is indeed the manager of the FinID associated with the Investor.
Owner (trading) Node (example: Broker-dealer) termination
FinP2P will provide a process of re-associating the custody FinID account to a different owner profile on a new Owner (trading) Node in case of Node “termination” (such as in the event of a broker dealer bankruptcy).
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