Banco Santander Rolls Out Blockchain-based Payments Application
Banco Santander UK has made available to its staff a mobile application which uses Blockchain to transfer money. In the battle among bankers to implement blockchain solutions to cut costs, has Banco Santander taken the lead? Ed Metzger, head of innovation technology and operations at Santander U.K., says to Bloomberg: “It’s the first time a U.K. bank has sent payments of this type via Ripple and launched it as a commercial service. Many people are doing lab style experiments, the key difference here is about getting real people to send real money for real purposes. I just paid my wife, who....
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