Fujitsu Develops Blockchain Technology for Confidential Data Transfer
Blockchain technology provides information sharing with high transparency and reliability, without management by a specific trusted organization. Financial trading applications, however, have operational issues related to safely executing trades, such as key management. Document management applications bring issues in creating a system that limits which people are allowed to reference information recorded in the blockchain. Fujitsu Laboratories of America, Inc. and Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. have developed blockchain-based technologies to securely handle confidential data among multiple....
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In an announcement today, Japan-based Mizuho Bank Ltd., and technology firm Fujitsu Labs Ltd., have revealed the successful operation trial of blockchain technology that saw tamper-proof results and same-day settlements of securities transactions. The two companies, following the announcement of a successful blockchain trail, revealed that they will develop an “exceptionally convenient financial system” that will see risks like price fluctuations negated from cross-border securities transactions. The 3-month trial between Dec 2015 and Feb 2016 saw Mizuho Bank, a leading custodian bank with....