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- FIS and Intain Markets introduced the Digital Liquidity Gateway, a blockchain-based platform built on the Avalanche network.
- Avalanche was selected because it supports high throughput, low-latency finality, and custom networks for institutional use.
FIS Global, one of the largest fintech service providers, and Intain Markets have announced the launch of the Digital Liquidity Gateway, a marketplace built on the Avalanche blockchain.
According to Avalanche’s X post, FIS has processed more than US$9 trillion annually, and Intain has administered loan portfolios totaling US$6 billion and specializes in tokenizing real-world assets.
The Gateway is aimed primarily at empowering roughly 2,000 regional and community banks in the United States to enable them to access institutional-grade liquidity in ways previously available only to large banks.
John Wu, President of Ava Labs, stated:
When we give institutions more efficient access to capital markets, they can make more loans, offer better rates, and provide more credit to underserved communities.
This collaboration highlights how Avalanche’s blockchain technology is modernizing real-world finance, helping community banks expand credit access and strengthen local economies,
What the Digital Liquidity Gateway Does
The official press release explains that banks have traditionally struggled to access capital markets, but the Digital Liquidity Gateway will remove these barriers by integrating with FIS core systems. The Gateway will leverage AI to automate manual processes and record transactions on-chain for instant verification and programmable settlement.
Built on Intain’s AvaCloud Layer-1 solution on Avalanche, the platform accelerates bank capital deployment and increases the flow of real-world assets (RWAs) while enabling institutional participation.
Banks can tokenize loan portfolios, such as small business loans or commercial real estate, and pool them for sale or securitization, with hundreds of millions of dollars in transactions anticipated by year-end.
In a recent update, CNF explained that Avalanche is powered by its Avalanche Consensus Mechanism, which ensures near-instant transaction finality, typically within 1–2 seconds, compared to Ethereum, where confirmation can take minutes under heavy congestion.
Its open-source Layer 0 (L0) framework allows the creation of interoperable Layer 1 blockchains capable of high throughput on both public and private networks.
The network is fully Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatible. This means that developers can easily port existing Ethereum smart contracts and integrate with DeFi protocols and token standards such as ERC-20 and ERC-721.
Users can also take advantage of its low transaction costs, often less than $0.01, which makes it suitable for high-volume enterprise applications like tokenizing large loan portfolios.
Furthermore, Avalanche supports permissioned networks, which are essential for banks, allowing seamless integration with KYC/AML procedures, audits, and regulatory reporting, ensuring compliance with traditional finance standards.
Avalanche has already been attracting growing institutional interest in recent months. In October, Japanese banks, including Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, and Mizuho Financial Group, announced plans to collaborate on issuing a joint yen-pegged stablecoin on the Avalanche network.
As detailed in our recent coverage, South Korea’s BDACS has launched a pilot of KRW1, a stablecoin fully backed by the Korean won, which leverages real-time API integration with the bank to provide instant proof of reserves.
Within Avalanche’s DeFi ecosystem, the Total Value Locked (TVL) stands at $1.411 billion, reflecting a 4.68% decline over the past 24 hours. The market capitalization of stablecoins on Avalanche is $2.211 billion, while the network’s overall market capitalization is $7.48 billion, with AVAX priced at $17.51.
