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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 is a registered transfer agent that has spent years building that kind of infrastructure while other firms followed rules for paper certificates, the analyst says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 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

According to a regulatory filing, the exchange agent was proxy firm DF King & Co, while US Bancorp itself served as the transfer agent.

From Reuters ● Jul. 28, 2010

As transfer agent, the company attends to perfecting transfers of ownership for stock and bond issues or parts thereof.

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

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