Block-chain is democratizing value - Standard Bank

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Improving the current bond market using blockchain technology is the focus in this edition of the Business Day Spotlight.

Host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Ian Putter, Standard Bank's group head for its Blockchain Centre of Excellence.

Topics of discussion include: the work being done by the bank’s Blockchain Centre of Excellence; current structure of the bond market; ways in which Blockchain technology can be used to improve the bond market; how public distributed ledger technologies can overcome the challenges faced by bond marketplace participants; importance of creating a decentralised economy; considerations when choosing a public distributed ledger; and the global trend towards decentralised systems of finance.
23 Sep 2021 English South Africa Business News · News

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