Kuala Lumpur, 27 August 2026 – CIMB Group has completed a controlled pilot that settled RM1.38 billion of tokenised sukuk using tokenised deposits, testing how distributed-ledger infrastructure could connect Islamic capital-market assets with digital commercial-bank money. The tokenised portion formed part of a larger RM1.68 billion sukuk issuance under CIMB Islamic Bank’s existing RM10 billion senior sukuk wakalah programme.
Twelve institutional investors subscribed to the RM1.38 billion represented in tokenised form, while the remaining RM300 million was issued as conventional sukuk. The broader issuance attracted 46 investors and carried tenures ranging from five to 15 years. Keeping those figures separate is important: RM1.68 billion was the total issuance, while RM1.38 billion was the amount included in the tokenised settlement test.
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