Blockchain Observations

Trade Wars- Blockchain style

26 Jul 2018

Coindesk’s recent article "Banks taking sides" covers the current race to market for competing trade finance initiatives and makes many valid observations on the current situation but also points to some key questions. Just to summarise, there are more blockchain initiatives underway in Trade Finance than pretty much any other area of f...

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Capital Markets Technology

The 7 bank commitment to blockchain has many implications not just for trade finance but for the evo

05 Jul 2017

Last week’s announcement by the seven bank Digital Trade Chain Consortium is another strong indication that the “peak hype” discussions around blockchain are somewhat misplaced. This blockchain network, designed to deliver a trade finance solution across Europe to support small and medium businesses, stands out from the steady flow of other blockc...

Fintech innovation and startups

How will regulation impact the development of blockchain technology ?

06 May 2017

Jessi Baker, the Founder and CEO of Provenance, recently said: “At its heart, a blockchain is a system that allows people who don’t trust each other, to trust each other.” There is no doubt that blockchain is all about bringing trust to transactions. For almost any supply chain – be it food, medical records, precious gems and minerals, real esta

DTCC Selection of IBM, Axoni and R3 Points to Blockchain Maturity

09 Jan 2017

This week's announcement that DTCC has selected IBM, in partnership with Axoni, to build a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) version of their Trade Information Warehouse (TIW) is a flagship event in the increasing role of blockchain technology in financial markets. It sets an industry standard for successful "at scale" industry deploym...