Blockchain - From Use Case to Business in Securities Markets
For post-trade services, distributed ledger technology (DLT) is more of a promise than a reality. There are some ideas...
DLT Blockchain
For post-trade services, distributed ledger technology (DLT) is more of a promise than a reality. There are some ideas about how the technology can change the picture at the transaction and post-trade level, but so far no one has demonstrated it is a viable solution to cover the complete securities processing lifecycle.
Blockchain and payments: Lessons learned and future prospects
The past 12 months have seen initiatives across the globe further experiment with blockchain technology in pursuit of...
Technology
The past 12 months have seen initiatives across the globe further experiment with blockchain technology in pursuit of the holy grail of a production ready Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) payments solution. Alongside FinTech initiatives, individual banks, central banks and SWIFT have confirmed their interest in DLT, testing the waters with various trials...
Does blockchain technology alleviate security concerns or create new challenges?
Put simply, a blockchain is a shared database providing a token manager and programmable transactions that can be...
Technology
Put simply, a blockchain is a shared database providing a token manager and programmable transactions that can be updated securely by many different actors in a network. All changes made to the blockchain are logged, effectively leaving a complete audit trail of data.
Regulations & blockchain: the challenge of technological neutrality
The term "technological neutrality" is often used to say that the law cannot impose or even favor one technology over...
Regulatory
The term "technological neutrality" is often used to say that the law cannot impose or even favor one technology over another when different technologies are likely to meet the same performance objectives.