Bahrain-based Arab Banking Corporation, also known as Bank ABC, has revealed it is joining the R3 distributed ledger consortium.
With the news, the bank becomes the first of its kind in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) region to join the effort.
Majority-controlled by Libya's central bank, Bank ABC operates in Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia and Jordan, among other areas.
In statements, Bank ABC indicated that it plans to leverage the partnership to provide additional services to its customers.
Blockchain, the institution said, "will propel us further to achieve our strategic goals."
Sael Al Waary, deputy group CEO for the bank, said:
"We are committed to continue to provide our customers with exceptional customer service and innovative financial products. DLT will help us fulfill our promise to clients."
Though it's the first MENA-based bank to join R3 – which unveiled more than $100 million in new funding in May and launched the beta of its Corda software platform a month later – Bank ABC isn't the only bank in the region to pursue potential blockchain applications.
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Looks like there will be a pending war between the banking sector and the non-banking sector in the crypto space once the entire financial system collapses. I'm not sure if some of these banks joined the R3 initiative due to political pressure or their leaders are just too blind to see the infinite potential of what a free crypto can do to mankind.
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