Japanese blockchain consortium formed with Ripple
SBI Ripple Asia is partnering with 15 "major, regional and internet-based" banks, to create a consortium that will rely on Ripple's technology for "real-time, round-the-clock, domestic and cross-border payments," costing 90% less in fees than rival establishments. SBI Holdings, the Bank of Yokohama and SBI Sumishin Net Bank are among the firms signing up, with another 15 expected to join the consortium before it goes live next spring.

SBI Ripple Asia, the Asian branch of the California-based and New York regulated firm Ripple Labs, announced the creation of a Japanese consortium of banks in a new network that will use Ripple’s technology for Payments Payments One of the bases of mediums of exchange in the modern world, a payment constitutes the transfer of a legal currency or equivalent from one party in exchange for goods or services to another entity. The payments industry has become a fixture of modern commerce, though the players involved and means of exchange have dramatically shifted over time.In particular, a party making a payment is referred to as a payer, with the payee reflecting the individual or entity receiving the payment. Most commonl One of the bases of mediums of exchange in the modern world, a payment constitutes the transfer of a legal currency or equivalent from one party in exchange for goods or services to another entity. The payments industry has become a fixture of modern commerce, though the players involved and means of exchange have dramatically shifted over time.In particular, a party making a payment is referred to as a payer, with the payee reflecting the individual or entity receiving the payment. Most commonl Read this Term and settlement. The consortium will initially be composed of fifteen major, regional and internet-based banks in Japan and aims that the new payments platform will enable round-the-clock settlement at a significant cost reduction to its members and their consumers.

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Already reported to take part in the new group are Japanese financial conglomerate SBI Holdings, the Bank of Yokohama and SBI Sumishin Net Bank. Ripple announced its joint venture with SBI Holdings —SBI Ripple Asia— early this year and credits SBI’s considerable regional influence for having opened the door for the wider adoption of Ripple’s technology across Japan and throughout Asia.

Currently, cross-border fees can run up to thousands of yen (or tens of dollars). In the new setup, the consortium says banks will pay about 90% less in fees. Using Ripple’s technology will also provide customers of these banks with real-time domestic and cross-border payments, 365 days a year. Ripple projects that it will increase the size of the consortium to thirty banks, and that the new service will go live in the spring of 2017.

In July, Mizuho Financial Group (MHFG), one of the largest financial groups in Asia, became one of the first Japanese banks to pilot Blockchain Blockchain Blockchain comprises a digital network of blocks with a comprehensive ledger of transactions made in a cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin or other altcoins.One of the signature features of blockchain is that it is maintained across more than one computer. The ledger can be public or private (permissioned.) In this sense, blockchain is immune to the manipulation of data making it not only open but verifiable. Because a blockchain is stored across a network of computers, it is very difficult to tampe Blockchain comprises a digital network of blocks with a comprehensive ledger of transactions made in a cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin or other altcoins.One of the signature features of blockchain is that it is maintained across more than one computer. The ledger can be public or private (permissioned.) In this sense, blockchain is immune to the manipulation of data making it not only open but verifiable. Because a blockchain is stored across a network of computers, it is very difficult to tampe Read this Term technology for cross-currency settlement using Ripple.