• If SWIFT had a storefront in Ukraine, this would be their shingle (via Shutterstock).
    If SWIFT had a storefront in Ukraine, this would be their shingle (via Shutterstock).
    Ripple,  Technology

    Money transmitter SWIFT adds cryptocurrency capability with R3’s Corda

    The current bank transaction intermediary is playing catch-up with the speed, but not cost, of blockchain

    June 26, 2019 /

    Bank transaction intermediary SWIFT announced on June 24 that if its current proof-of-concept test is successful, it will incorporate R3’s Corda enterprise distributed ledger technology (DLT) into its new high-speed payment confirmation platform, Global Payments Innovation (gpi).

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  • If SWIFT had a storefront in Ukraine, this would be their shingle (via Shutterstock).
    If SWIFT had a storefront in Ukraine, this would be their shingle (via Shutterstock).
    Ripple,  Technology

    R3/SWIFT deal threatens to bring back an old conflict

    Partnership still won’t bring DLT’s decentralization to the decades-old industry

    January 30, 2019 /

    Enterprise blockchain provider R3 will partner with SWIFT, the service banks have long used to process secure interbank payments, to bring distributed ledger technology to the most powerful middleman in the financial world..

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