Commerzbank, other banks join UBS and IBM trade finance blockchain


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 04 Oct 2017

Commerzbank AG and others have joined an initiative launched by UBS Group AG and IBM Corp aimed at building blockchain-based technology to support trade finance transactions. — Reuters

NEW YORK: Commerzbank AG, Bank of Montreal, Erste Group Bank AG and CaixaBank SA have joined an initiative launched by UBS Group AG and IBM Corp aimed at building blockchain-based technology to support trade finance transactions.

The platform called Batavia would help banks and their clients automate the trade finance process, which remains highly manual and paper-based, the participating companies said on Oct 4.

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