Custodian Migration
Custodian Migration is the structured transfer of assets, records, access arrangements, and operating processes from one custodian to another. It is broader…
Glossary terms starting with C
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Custodian Risk
Custodian risk is the possibility that an asset custodian loses, misuses, freezes, misrecords, or cannot return assets under its control. Decision-makers use…
Custodian Rotation
Custodian Rotation is the deliberate replacement or periodic alternation of custody providers to reduce dependency, meet policy, or respond to risk and…
Custody
Custody is the responsibility and operational arrangement for safeguarding assets, controlling authorized access or transfer, maintaining records, and returning assets according to…
Custody Account
A custody account is an account through which a custodian records and administers assets held for a particular client, beneficiary, entity, strategy,…
Custody Agreement
A custody agreement is the contract that defines how a custodian will hold, control, administer, report, and return assets for a client.…
Custody Audit
A custody audit evaluates whether asset holdings, records, controls, keys, segregation, and client obligations are accurately maintained within a defined scope. Reliable…
Custody Continuity
Custody continuity is the ability to maintain asset protection, ownership records, authorized access, and essential transaction capability through disruptions or provider failure.…
Custody Controls
Custody controls are the governance, technical, physical, and operational safeguards used to prevent unauthorized asset movement and ensure correct, recoverable custody operations.…
Custody Coverage
Custody coverage is the defined scope of assets, networks, jurisdictions, accounts, transaction functions, and service conditions supported by a custody arrangement. Operations…
Custody Incident
A custody incident is an event that threatens or causes unauthorized asset movement, loss of access, record errors, or safeguarding failure. Effective…
Custody Insurance
Custody insurance is insurance intended to cover specified losses connected with assets or control credentials held under a custody arrangement, subject to…
Custody Migration
Custody migration is the transition of assets and control processes from one custody architecture, wallet structure, technology stack, or provider arrangement to…
Custody Operations
Custody operations are the recurring activities required to receive, safeguard, authorize, move, reconcile, report, and recover assets held within a custody arrangement.…
Custody Orchestration
Custody orchestration is the coordination of wallets, custodians, policies, approvals, liquidity, and transaction workflows through a unified operational control layer. Operations for…
Custody Platform
A custody platform is a technical system used to manage digital-asset accounts, keys or signing workflows, policies, transactions, records, monitoring, and custody-related…
Custody Policy
A custody policy is the approved framework that defines how assets and control credentials are held, accessed, transferred, monitored, recovered, and governed.…
Custody Provider
A custody provider is an organization that offers services to safeguard and administer client assets or the signing authority that controls those…
Custody Risk
Custody risk is the possibility of losing assets or access because of failures in key control, safeguarding, records, governance, or legal arrangements.…
Custody Security
Custody Security is a security mechanism or control discipline that protects held assets through key management, segregation, approvals, monitoring, reconciliation, governance, physical…
Custody Segregation
Custody Segregation is the separation of customer or beneficial-owner assets from a custodian’s own assets and, where required, from assets of other…
Custody Technology Provider
A custody technology provider supplies software, hardware, key-management, signing, or workflow infrastructure used in custody without necessarily acting as the legal custodian.…
Custody Transfer
A custody transfer is the controlled change of asset possession, signing authority, or administrative responsibility from one custody account, party, or arrangement…
Custody Wallet
A custody wallet is a blockchain wallet operated within a custody arrangement to hold or transact assets under the custodian's approved key…