Juniper research report says cost savings for banks using blockchain tech could grow by 3,300% by 2030.Wells Fargo has partnered with HSBC to use its blockchain tools for the settlement of bilateral foreign exchange (FX) transactions.Wells Fargo would use the HSBC-developed FX Everywhere platform for interbank FX transactions. Developed by HSBC in 2018, the blockchain settlement platform is used primarily to settle transactions between banks within the HSBC group. The latest partnership would be the first use case outside the HSBC group.
The partnership would make way for settlement in U.S. dollar (USD), Canadian dollar (CAD), British pound sterling (GBP) and Euro (EUR) transactions. The official press release said that the platform would expand to include more currencies in the near future. The FX Everywhere platform has settled three million transactions to date worth $2.5 trillion.
Mark Williamson, global head of FX Partnerships & Propositions at HSBC, said:
“The platform enables participants to efficiently settle bilateral cross border obligations across multiple onshore and offshore currencies, coupled with the added flexibility of extended settlement windows to optimize PvP risk reduction opportunities.”