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Visa to establish blockchain technology development in India

Friday 13 May 2016 00:40 CET | News

Visa has made its plans to create blockchain technology solutions at its technology development center in Bangalore.

According to Visa, the company will be making use of its technology center currently being set up to house the team that will be working on the digital currency sector. Visa’s new technology center will soon be having over 1000 employees while the company explores the country’s prolific startup ecosystem for innovative FinTech ideas capable of disrupting the existing banking and financial ecosystem.

Bitcoin and its underlying technology have already disrupted the banking and financial sector. The use of digital currency as an alternative financial system has got banks and financial institutions running for cover. In order to counter the emerging threat, the banking sector has invested heavily in the very Bitcoin technology to explore the possibility of integrating the same into their existing operations.

Banks intend to use the blockchain technology mainly for fund transfer and compliance purposes. By using blockchain technology, the banks can create their own network and use it to transfer funds between branches. The costs associated with transferring funds over blockchain will be much lesser than the existing transaction fee charged by SWIFT for using their network.


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