Blockchain set to transform loan trading and collateral markets

After breakthrough proofs of concept in the spring, two large projects are now quietly moving forward into pilot production that could see blockchain technology transform wholesale markets at the core of the global financial system.

Synaps, a joint venture between Ipreo and Symbiont, used the latter’s smart contact technology in an experiment in the first quarter of the year with a group of 19 banks and asset managers drawn together by Credit Suisse that focused on servicing and settlement in the $1 trillion secondary market for US loans.

The syndicated loan market remains a crucial source of funding to many companies, while higher capital regulations have reduced banks appetite to provide loans.

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