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Their Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures released Distributed ledger technology in payment, clearing and settlement: an analytical framework last week, and I just read it. DLT could reduce the traditional reliance on a central ledger managed by a trusted entity for holding and transferring funds and other financial assets.
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The wholesale car financing arm of JPMorgan Chase is putting together a plan to finance the creation of a blockchain-based automobile inventory system, The BlockCrypto reported on Friday (Nov. The pilot program to test the solution was successful, Christine Moy, JPMorgan’s blockchain lead, told the news outlet.
The financial institution (FI) revealed last week that it is working with Volante Technologies to accelerate its ISO 20022 adoption, leaving Citi to become Volante’s first banking customer to take a unified approach to its global migration to the messaging standard. HashCash Brings Blockchain Tech To Unnamed Bank.
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Beyond bitcoin and moving toward supply chains, blockchain is finding more adoption for cross-border logistics and document management. . That consortium would in turn create the Global Shipping Business Network, billed as a digital platform based on blockchain. Blockchain in Healthcare.
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