SWIFT gpi

Blockchain.

SWIFT’s Global Payments Innovation, a closed private blockchain for cross-border payments.

SWIFT v Ripple - cross-border payments

"One possible practical application of blockchain technology has been identified as payments - specifically, cross-border payments.

Currently, there are two principal approaches being taken: SWIFT gpi with a hyperledger protocol (a closed private blockchain), and Ripple with an interledger protocol (peer-to-peer with no central hub).

There are pros and cons to both approaches..."

The Treasurer, September 2017, p11.

See also

• Blockchain
• CGI
• Distributed ledger
• Fintech
• g4C
• Payments and payment systems
• Ripple payment protocol
• Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT)
• Swift Go
• SWIFTNet
• Track and trace

External link

• Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications