BNY company
Overview
BNY is the oldest bank in the United States, founded in 1784 by a group that included Alexander Hamilton, and the first company traded on the New York Stock Exchange when it opened in 1792. It is primarily a custody and securities-services bank rather than a retail lender: as of 2024 it reported $2.03 trillion in assets under management and $52.1 trillion in assets under custody or administration, becoming the first bank to pass $50 trillion in custody, with 61,800 employees and operations in 35 countries across the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific. It ranked 130th on the Fortune 500. In June 2024 the company simplified its corporate brand from BNY Mellon to BNY, updating its logo and renaming its divisions accordingly — the 'Mellon' name having come from the 2007 merger of the Bank of New York with Mellon Financial. BNY has been active in digital assets and blockchain, including custody-related services and real-time payments infrastructure, positioning its scale in traditional custody as the foundation for servicing tokenised and crypto assets. Founded 1784 with Alexander Hamilton among its founders; first stock traded on the NYSE in 1792; merged with Mellon Financial in 2007 to form BNY Mellon; rebranded to simply BNY in June 2024; became the first bank to exceed $50 trillion in assets under custody and administration.
Within the DeFi Intel graph, BNY connects to 12 tracked entities, most strongly to Circle, BlackRock, Ripple.
Relations
Top connections in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph (confidence-weighted, 10 of 12 total).
| Relation | Connected entity | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
partnered_with | Circle | 95% |
partnered_with | BlackRock | 95% |
partnered_with | Ripple | 95% |
pilots_with | Chainlink Labs | 95% |
member_of | Fnality International | 95% |
member_of | Project Guardian | 95% |
partnered_with | Fireblocks | 90% |
invested_in | Fireblocks | 90% |
headquartered_in | United States | 85% |
custodied_by | BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) | 85% |
Frequently asked questions
What is BNY?
BNY is a custodian_bank tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph. It is connected to 12 other tracked entities, most strongly to Circle, BlackRock, Ripple.
What type of entity is BNY?
BNY is classified as a custodian_bank (company) in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph.
What is BNY connected to?
In the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, BNY is linked to 12 other tracked entities, most strongly to Circle, BlackRock, Ripple.
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