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​* R3’s Corda dominates the tokenized real-world asset (RWA) market, with over $10 billion in on-chain assets – setting the standard for industry adoption * Trusted by the world’s leading banks, Corda represents the largest ecosystem of live RWA networks, processing over 1 million transactions each day  * Client momentum across R3’s digital products suite, supported by regulatory and industry tailwinds, is driving the highest number of live applications in production globally

“Quant’s experience developing connectivity and smart contracts will prove invaluable to the UK RLN.” Jana Mackintosh Managing Director, Payment Innovation and Resilience at UK Finance ​We’re proud to announce that – together with R3, the enterprise distributed ledger technology and services firm – we have been selected to produce the technology prototype for the experimentation phase of the UK’s Regulated Liability Network , led by UK Finance and supported by EY. ​The UK RL

“We proved that APIs could play a key role in enabling CBDC systems to deliver a range of benefits in terms of payments functionality and security.” Andrew Carrier Chief Marketing Officer Directed by the BIS Innovation Hub London Centre (BIS), Project Rosalind was an experiment that explored the development of a retail central bank digital currency. It tested how application programming interfaces (APIs) could facilitate retail payments in CBDCs and support in the exploratio

Quant launched a ground breaking solution today that makes blockchain-based transactions more secure for banks and other institutions. ​Financial institutions have implemented mature key management solutions to secure data, business applications, and transactions. With the introduction of blockchain and digital assets, existing key management technology cannot be used to provide the same level of protection and compliance mandated by regulation and security. To work around th

​The world of finance is going through a transformation with the introduction of tokenisation, which is expected to revolutionise the financial sector and encourage the widespread adoption of blockchain technology. However, one of the major challenges in realising the benefits of tokenisation is interoperability. ​Read the Quant point of view the paper focuses on the importance of asset portability, discusses the obstacles involved in achieving interoperability between differ

Major platform update architected to deliver high availability, scalability, and secure interoperability with other enterprise DLT platforms R3 launches Hyperledger Lab, Harmonia, to support industry-wide collaboration on interoperability LONDON/NEW YORK: R3 , the enterprise distributed ledger technology (DLT) and services firm, today announced the next generation of its flagship platform Corda at its hosted event in New York. The updated version has been designed for glob

Distributed ledger technology (DLT) has gained significant traction in recent years in the financial sector, where its promise of data consistency, security, and shared business logic is the key to resolving long-standing market-level inefficiencies. However, as the adoption of blockchain networks continues to expand, a pressing challenge has emerged: the ability for these new solutions to seamlessly communicate and transact with one another, in a way that complies with the u

Quant unveils The Overledger Platform , making the same enterprise-grade technology that has underpinned Quant’s projects with...

Quant announces its role as part of the vendor team for Project Rosalind. The project, led by the Bank for International Settlements and the Bank of England, explored how application programming interfaces could be used for central bank digital currency systems. Project Rosalind , directed by the BIS Innovation Hub London Centre, has been testing how APIs could facilitate retail payments in CBDCs and support the exploration of innovative CBDC use cases. The project looked spe

During a panel session at the Financial Times Digital Assets Summit last week, the Bank of England’s director for central bank digital currency, Tom Mutton, and Quant’s CEO Gilbert Verdian shared their views on a digital pound and tackled questions from the audience about personal data privacy and interoperability. Watch more here: https://quant.network/events/bank-of-england-and-quant-share-cbdc-vision/ Objectives and current status Tom Mutton, the Bank of England’s director

At the beginning of 2023, the city of Lugano issued their first digital native bond on SIX Digital Exchange (ISIN: CH1232107172) with Zürcher Kantonalbank (ZKB) as sole lead manager. Following this issuance and based on the double listing on SDX Trading AG and SIX Swiss Exchange, the bond has become the first digital native asset accepted as eligible collateral for SNB repos. This represents a major milestone in the adoption of digital bonds and another world first. As alread

In this article, Wealth Wizards’ Simon Binney discusses the merits of self-serve and hybrid advice and how it could increase adviser revenues by 225%. The next few years will see exponential use of self-serve and hybrid advice as the financial services industry takes advantage of developments in technology and consumers feel increasingly comfortable using digital services. In understanding how hybrid advice can fit into an advice firm’s business model and provide a route into

Are you considering a hybrid advice model for your business? Wealth Wizards’ Simon Binney provides a valuable insight into how advisers and wealth managers are using digital-first and automation platforms to grow and future-proof their firms. ‍ What is hybrid advice? In a nutshell, the hybrid advice model helps firms automate processes and digitise the advice journey. This makes a firm’s processes more efficient, compliant, and cost effective. It frees up staff time– includin