AFS Group Becomes First Dutch Shareholder in European Fintech Venture LiquidShare

Amsterdam and Paris (ots/PRNewswire) -

Today LiquidShare, the PAN-European fintech initiative, announced
the welcoming of the first Dutch shareholder, AFS Group, a mid-sized
European financial service provider.

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LiquidShare, recently founded by BNP Paribas, CACEIS, Caisse des
Dépôts , Euroclear, Euronext, S2IEM and Société Générale, develops a
blockchain technology based post-trade settlement infrastructure.
Initially for shares in small and medium sized enterprises (SME),
LiquidShare aims to improve the access to capital markets, enhancing
the transparency and the security of post-trading operations and
reduce post-trade settlement risks. With the LiquidShare solution the
transaction costs will reduce over time.

The Paris based company is led by Thibaud de Maintenant. In close
cooperation with its leading partners, Thibaud de Maintenant and his
team combine their technical- and settlement experience to reach the
ambitious objectives.

Thibaud de Maintenant, CEO LiquidShare: "LiquidShare and its
shareholders are very happy with the entry of AFS Group. With this
additional partner, LiquidShare gets access to a new large group of
institutional clients and to specific knowledge in the area of the
entire transaction chain. With the joint shareholders and the
potential of the blockchain technology, LiquidShare will be a key
player in the post-trade equity industry."

Hein Siemerink, CEO AFS Group: "AFS sees a lot of possibilities in
the blockchain technology. A technology which, for a variety of
financial services, can provide improved efficiency and high
reliability, including transaction settlement. We are impressed with
the LiquidShare team and the shareholders syndicate, proud to
participate, and dedicated to support the ongoing development of this
highly promising fintech start-up."

About LiquidShare

LiquidShare is a new born fintech which core objective is to
improve the transparency and security of post-trading operations
using blockchain. This technology has the potential to dramatically
simplify the chain of post-trade operations, guaranteeing and
facilitating the consolidation of securities registers, all while
enabling a higher speed of execution with real-time settlement at
T+0.

About AFS Group

AFS Group is a European financial service provider specialised as
an intermediary in the wholesale Financial- and Renewable Energy
sector. With offices in four countries AFS provides voice- and hybrid
brokering-, execution-, electronic trading- and transaction advice
services for a wide range of asset classes.

ots Originaltext: AFS Group and LiquidShare
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Contact:
LiquidShare
Thibaud de Maintenant

+33618683078

thibaud@liquidshare.com

AFS Group Jeroen van Walsem

+31-20-5707256

j.vanwalsem@afsgroup.nl

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