The company has renewed the AENOR certification of the system of management of the Services of Fund and Custody Depositary and Settlement of Securities according to the ISO standard 9001, recognition that receives from 2005, reasserting thus its commitment to excellence and the ongoing improvement
The audit emphasises the robust controls network, the systematic one of follow-up of the satisfaction of the clients, the ongoing improvement through the development of SLAs internal and the special training of the team
With more than 400,000 million euros in low assets custody and nearly 300,000 millions in deposited assets, Cecabank is consolidated as the principal infrastructure regardless of on the market Iberian postcontracting, expanding services with the licence MiCA and the launch of the service of securities lending in type of agency
Cecabank, leading depositary bank and company reference custody in Securities Services on the market Iberian, with branches in Lisbon and Luxembourg that they strengthen its skills to provide cross-border services to the industry of the postcontracting, has renewed the AENOR certification of the system of management of the services of fund and custody depositary and settlement of securities according to the ISO standard 9001.
The recognition strengthens one more year the commitment of Cecabank with the constant excellence and evolution of its operational services' management, and supposes a guarantee to the leadership of the company in the business of Securities Services, having shown a deep understanding and degree of specialisation.
In the audit of renewal, AENOR has considered especially the robust network of established controls for the area of Monitoring for the vigilance and control of the deposits, the systematic established for the measurement and the follow-up of the satisfaction of client, the on-going initiatives set aside for introduce SLAs internal and the diversity of the offered training to the staff.
The certified services have maintained excellent assessments by the clients in the satisfaction surveys; in line with it, Cecabank has continued strengthening its processes to listen the voice of clients and establish plans of improvement directly derived from its experience.
Cecabank has renewed this certification of AENOR until 2029, a recognition that receives for the system of management of the Services of Funds and Custody Depositary and Settlement of Securities from 2005, having audited a total of twenty-two times by AENOR and carrying out two types of internal annual audits. During this time, the company adapted to successive reviews of the standard is had and to the transformation of the company in this period.
The recognition has been delivered to Aurora Cuadros by Pedro Fernández García.
Aurora Cuadros, corporate director of Securities Services of Cecabank, has pointed out:“In an environment of growing complexity operations and regulatory, the renewal of this certification highlights the maturity of our system of management and the continued effort of teams to anticipate needs, strengthen our controls and ensure that every process evolves to the rhythm that it does the industry. Our objective is clear: promote stop services added value, fully aligned with our clients'”needs.
Pedro Fernández García, Centre Region director of AENOR, has stated that “the certificate ISO 9001 constitutes an efficient tool and strategic that contributes in a decisive way to improve the efficiency in the business management. Its implementation allows ordering the processes, promote the ongoing improvement and strengthen the skills of organisations to offer products and services with tall quality standards. In addition, contributes an essential added value: generates confidence and credibility before all interest groups of the bank”.
Cecabank, leadership and innovation of a key infrastructure of the postcontracting
With more than 400,000 million euros in low assets custody and nearly 300,000 millions in deposited assets, Cecabank is positioned as one of the infrastructures more relevant of the industry of the postcontracting on the market Iberian. Its activity, that gives service to more than 135 financial institutions, situates to the company as the great national depositary independent and the national services leading provider of settlement and custody.
To the scale the differential value of the company is summed: a built expert knowledge for more than a decade, an operational experience that covers all the chain of postcontracting and a skills of accompaniment integral in legislative scopes, operations and of business, generating economies of scale. All of this, maintaining the strategic guarantee of not competing with its clients.
In parallel, Cecabank adds of new constant way services to adapt to the evolution of the market. In 2025, obtained the licence MiCA, becoming the first bank guard B2B in Spain registered in ESMA for the institutional custody and provision of services of criptoactivos.
Similarly, the company implemented its securities lending service in type of agency and it became the first agent lenders Spanish participating out of the first operation of ‘agency securities lending’ fully domestic of the national market. Landmark that drives the creation of a local model specialised, aligned with the international best practices in management of secondary, operational and transparency efficiency, and strengthens the commitment of Cecabank with the constant innovation in the provision of services of postcontracting.
