MSE Issues India's First Tokenised Corporate Bond Under SEBI's Demat 2.0 Pilot

Exam-focused facts from the 15 September 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

The Metropolitan Stock Exchange of India (MSE) facilitated its first tokenised corporate bond under the Securities and Exchange Board of India's (SEBI) Demat 2.0 pilot.
The bond was issued by IIFL Finance Ltd through MSE's Electronic Bond Platform (MSE EBP), with Trust Investment Advisors Pvt Ltd as the arranger.
It is India's first corporate bond issued natively on a distributed ledger, with ownership records held with statutory depositories and settlement in Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).
The Demat 2.0 pilot was launched at Global Fintech Fest 2026 in Mumbai on September 11 by SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra.