Meta-requirement MR-3: Avoid manual and analog processes
The issuance of securities involves many manual processes, representing a potential cause of human error; physical securities certificates or global notes cause an additional administrative burden, as they must be stored in safe custody, transferred, and managed during the bond's lifecycle. The prototype shall avoid manual processes to a maximum extent and digitize securities certificates if possible.
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This meta-requirement is proposed by Designing the future of bond markets: Reducing transaction costs through tokenization (David Cisar, Benjamin Schellinger, Jens-Christian Stoetzer, Vincent Gramlich, Tobias Guggenberger, Nils Urbach, Florian Lennart Weiss, 2025).