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transfer agent

American  

noun

  1. a person, bank, or trust company officially designated to act for a corporation in executing and recording the transfers of its stock from one legal owner to another.


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Securitize will become NYSE’s first digital transfer agent, which allows it to create shares for stocks and exchange-traded funds as digital tokens on a blockchain, the distributed ledger technology behind bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

The two companies will design a digital transfer agent program, including a set of standards for other transfer agents to issue and manage stocks as blockchain tokens in a compliant way.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

It is the largest mutual fund transfer agent, and largest hedge fund and private-equity fund administrator.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

He said that provided a level of protection because if he fails to reach his destination, the payment is returned to the family by the transfer agent, who Hussein didn’t identify.

From Reuters • Dec. 7, 2021

The transfer agent is usually paid about twice as much as the registrar.

From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Phillips, Chester Arthur