News
11 July 2017

IBM, Westpac, ANZ and Scentre trial blockchain for bank guarantees

Region:
Asia-Pacific

Australia's ANZ, Westpac, shopping centre operator Scentre Group and IBM have completed a blockchain trial aimed at digitising the bank guarantee process for commercial property leasing. They say it successfully demonstrated the possibility of eliminating paper-based bank guarantee documents.

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