Customers: Alfa-Bank Russia Moscow; Financial Services, Investments and Auditing Product: Corda R3 Payment system on a blockchainProject date: 2019/02 - 2019/03
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2019: Alfa-Bank becomes the participant of Marco Polo
As in March, 2019 the first of the Russian banks knew CNews, Alfa-Bank joined the international network of trade financing Marco Polo. The R3 Corda blockchain platform and the platform of the distributed TradeIX trade are its cornerstone [1].
Marco Polo is urged to optimize relationship between buyers (importers) and sellers (exporters) mainly in cross-border transactions which are integrated to any risks – operating rooms, credit, fraudulent. The universal retail chain stores (UTN – Universal trade network) which connect financial intermediaries (banks), suppliers and buyers, logisticians, insurance companies and the other participants connected with a trade flow are the cornerstone of the project.
Alfa-Bank considers that participation in Marco Polo will allow to offer clients the choice of solutions for the international trade financing and seamless connection to an ecosystem of world trade.