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By Dan Saada
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What Kinexys Actually Does. Kinexys isn't a cryptocurrency. It's JPMorgan's permissioned blockchain platform built…
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Why This Matters for Korean Trade Finance. South Korea runs a massive export-driven economy. Semiconductors, automobiles, petrochemicals,…
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What's Still Unclear. A few things remain murky. The bank hasn't said how many corporate clients will get access at…
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South Korea's largest bank is going blockchain for cross-border payments. KB Kookmin Bank has signed on to JPMorgan's Kinexys platform to move US dollars across 10 countries,…
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The move is pretty straightforward in concept — but the scale isn't small. Kinexys, JPMorgan's blockchain-based payment infrastructure, has been quietly expanding its…
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Kinexys isn't a cryptocurrency. It's JPMorgan's permissioned blockchain platform built specifically for institutional payment flows.
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For KB Kookmin, the immediate focus is US dollar payments. Ten countries are in scope. The bank hasn't disclosed which specific markets are covered, and it hasn't released a…
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That's not surprising. The US dollar still dominates global trade settlement by a wide margin, and for South Korean importers and exporters dealing with suppliers or buyers in…
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South Korea runs a massive export-driven economy. Semiconductors, automobiles, petrochemicals, shipbuilding — these industries generate enormous volumes of cross-border payment…
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So when KB Kookmin adopts a new payment infrastructure, it's not a boutique experiment. It's a signal about where institutional finance in Korea is heading.
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The broader trend across Asia has been building for a while. Banks in Singapore, Japan, and Hong Kong have been piloting or deploying blockchain-based settlement tools at varying…
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And the JPMorgan angle matters. Kinexys carries institutional credibility that a lot of newer blockchain payment startups simply can't match.
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Costs are also undisclosed. One of the main arguments for blockchain-based cross-border payments is fee reduction, but KB Kookmin hasn't put numbers on what clients should expect…
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