Minutes of the Bank of England Securities Lending Committee’s September 2026 Meeting

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The Bank of England Securities Lending Committee discussed the UK securities lending market. The minutes noted that the industry was broadly on track to implement T+1 in October 2027, but that levels of preparedness varied significantly across institutions. Operational challenges involving securities lending recalls, collateral sourcing, funding arrangements and settlement timing remain unresolved; the Committee also discussed the applications of digital assets, tokenization and AI in securities financing, as well as related governance risks.