China's Ping An Joined R3 Blockchain Consortium

Ping An Financial Services Group (SHA:601318) has joined the 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 consortium led by R3 last week. It is the first institution in China to join the collaboration of over 40 global major banks and institutions to design new distributed and shared ledger-inspired technologies for the financial markets, including a managed private peer-to-peer distributed ledger, underpinned by Ethereum technology and hosted on a virtual private network in Microsoft Azure.

Jessica Tan, COO at Ping An Group, commented: “Ping An Group has always been at the forefront of using technology and innovation in its banking, insurance, investment and internet businesses. We are excited about joining R3 and look forward to developing and using blockchain technology to create a more efficient way of managing financial assets digitally end-to-end.”

David Rutter, CEO of R3, added: “The addition of Ping An is another important milestone for R3 as we develop our member network to represent the interests of banks and financial institutions operating in markets around the globe. We look forward to collaborating with them in our lab to develop the next generation in financial services technology.”

R3 recently unveiled a shared ledger platform specifically designed to record, manage and synchronise financial agreements between regulated financial institutions. It is said to be “heavily inspired by blockchain systems, without the design choices that make blockchains inappropriate for many banking scenarios.”

Back in March the Japanese internet conglomerate SBI Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8473) announced that it was the latest firm to join the blockchain consortium led by R3 CEV LLC.