Ping An Becomes the First Chinese Institution to Join R3 Consotrium
The blockchain consortium of international banking institutions now has a new member in the form of Ping An Financial Services Group. By announcing its inclusion into the consortium, Ping An has become the first financial institution from China to explore the use of blockchain technology in collaboration with other international banking majors, led by the New York-based R3 blockchain based fintech solutions company. With the inclusion of Ping An, the total number of institutions in the consortium now stands at 44. The consortium is involved in creating groundbreaking distributed and shared....
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