HSBC Malaysia Reveals Plan to Commercialize Blockchain Technology

Asia Blockchain Review
October 29, 2019
HSBC Malaysia Reveals Plan to Commercialize Blockchain Technology

HSBC Malaysia has disclosed that the financial institution will be offering blockchain services to its clients following its successful trial of a live blockchain-enabled Letter of Credit (LC) transaction.

Offering Blockchain Services to International Clients

According to a report by The Malaysian Reserve, HSBC Malaysia CEO Stuart Milne has revealed that the bank will be commercializing blockchain technology in different countries.

“The next stage is to partner a certain number of customers in different jurisdictions around the world and just run some live transactions, so working with the central banks in those countries and running some real transactions through blockchain is what our global team is working on,” said Milne.

He invited Malaysian banks to join in the project to further promote the mass adoption of blockchain technology.

“We are working not just with HSBC affiliate banks but also with other banks because we want to bring them into the whole platform which will give them a much wider application and a much faster adoption of the technology,” he said.

Mass Blockchain Adoption a Few Years Ahead

Meanwhile, HSBC Malaysia’s head of global trade and receivables finance Debbie Mak stated that while she expected commercialization of blockchain technology to become more prevalent, mass adoption of distributed ledger technology is still a few years away. 

“We need a wider market and industry participants. Right now, with the first transaction, we have already included electronic bill of lading transfer, so the shipping company is involved. Hopefully, we can widen up the shipping company participation,” said Mak.

Source: https://themalaysianreserve.com


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