A Chinese Bank's Blockchain System Has Already Sent Over 100 Transactions
The Postal Savings Bank of China (PSBC) has built a blockchain-based asset management system in partnership with IBM. That project, which officially launched in October, has been used to conduct more than 100 live transactions, the bank said earlier this week. Relying on the Hyperledger Fabric blockchain, the system enables PSBC to track the direction of investments, with smart contracts being used to check compliance with the agreements underpinning those investments. The bank, founded in the mid-2000s, specializes in retail commercial banking, and according to The Wall Street Journal,....
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