IBM's Biggest-Ever Blockchain Trade Finance Trial Could Go Global
Two government agencies funded IBM's latest blockchain implementation, the largest ever in terms of parties involved and arguably one of the more impressive in the sophistication of the offering. With support from both Dubai Customs and Dubai Trade, IBM has so far courted a telecommunications service provider, a letter of credit issuing bank, a responding bank, a freight company and an airline in a trial centered on what major financial firms believe is one of the tech's most promising use cases. Once the all-inclusive supply chain and trade finance proof-of-concept is completed, it will....
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