Story covered by Economic Times as well.
Major banks mark first-ever international trade using blockchain tech
http://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/corporate-news/major-banks-mark-first-ever-international-trade-using-blockchain-tech/55026600
Topic: [2016-10-24] Firstpost: Banks use blockchain to the make 1st cross-border trade (Read 580 times)
October 30, 2016, 07:49:15 AM
October 25, 2016, 09:48:42 AM
Banks use blockchain to the make first cross-border international trade transaction
http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/banks-use-blockchain-to-the-make-first-cross-border-international-trade-transaction-343025.html
The first cross-border transaction between banks using multiple blockchain applications has taken place, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Wells Fargo & Co said on Monday, resulting in a shipment of cotton to China from the United States. Australian cotton trader Brighann Cotton Marketing bought the shipment bound for the port city Qingdao from U.S. division Brighann Cotton in Texas, the companies and their banks said in a joint statement. The blockchain trade, for 88 bales, totalled $35,000, Commonwealth Bank told Reuters.
Blockchain is a web-based transaction processing and settlement system whose efficiency banks say could slash costs. It creates a “golden record” of any given set of data that is automatically replicated for all parties in a secure network, eliminating any need for third-party verification. “Existing trade finance processes are ripe for disruption, and this proof of concept demonstrates how companies around the world could benefit from these emerging technologies,” Michael Eidel, Commonwealth Bank’s executive general manager for cash flow and transaction services, said in the statement.
http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/banks-use-blockchain-to-the-make-first-cross-border-international-trade-transaction-343025.html
The first cross-border transaction between banks using multiple blockchain applications has taken place, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Wells Fargo & Co said on Monday, resulting in a shipment of cotton to China from the United States. Australian cotton trader Brighann Cotton Marketing bought the shipment bound for the port city Qingdao from U.S. division Brighann Cotton in Texas, the companies and their banks said in a joint statement. The blockchain trade, for 88 bales, totalled $35,000, Commonwealth Bank told Reuters.
Blockchain is a web-based transaction processing and settlement system whose efficiency banks say could slash costs. It creates a “golden record” of any given set of data that is automatically replicated for all parties in a secure network, eliminating any need for third-party verification. “Existing trade finance processes are ripe for disruption, and this proof of concept demonstrates how companies around the world could benefit from these emerging technologies,” Michael Eidel, Commonwealth Bank’s executive general manager for cash flow and transaction services, said in the statement.
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