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Story: Replacing Wire Transfers with Blockchain Signet and JP Morgan

By Steven Anderson

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JPMorgan is planning to move its USD using the blockchain.  And, a New York Bank has been doing this for more than two months now.

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According to the bank executives, ever since the launch, more than 100 clients have been using the Signet system in order to send each other millions of dollars in a day round…

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Joseph J. DePaolo, the CEO and President at Signature Bank, stated, “We can say there are trades going on in millions some days and there are tens of millions on other days, and…

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Signature is the US bank that provides deposit accounts for cryptocurrency startups.  There are other banks like the Metropolitan Bank and Silvergate Bank in San Diego doing…

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Signet has been previously made the payments platform for their renewables energy customers by American PowerNet, which is an independent electrical power trading firm.

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DePaolo stated that Signature is synchronizing two other “ecosystems” where moving money and property is important.

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“If you have ever been involved in a commercial real estate closing, usually all the lawyers are sitting around eating lunch waiting for the wire transfer.

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Signature Bank has less than 2% the asset size when compared to JPMorgan.  Therefore, it comes as no surprise that DePaolo and Signature Chairman Scott Shay were taking…

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Both of these Signature’s blockchain system along with JPM Coin run on private variants of the Ethereum blockchain technology.   JPM uses Quorum.

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Signet platform is built on true digital, which is a proprietary blockchain that uses Ethereum as its base.

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Both of these platforms involve stable coins that are pegged to the real world USD that is deposited in the bank in exchange for tokens which clients can use to transact with…

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Replacing wire transfers with blockchain is the current goal meant to keep clients connected 24/7.

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