New York Regulator Approves Use of Permissioned Blockchain by Commercial Bank – Other Institutions Should Follow
Categories: Hi-Tech
On December 4, 2018 the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) announced that it had approved an application by Signature Bank to offer a new blockchain-supported digital payment platform named “Signet.” Housed entirely within Signature, the Signet platform “will leverage blockchain technology in its architecture, allowing commercial and asset management clients to make payments in U.S. dollars 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week, 365 days a year.”
