John Hancock Financial unveils LOFT synergy with ConsenSys and BlockApps

[kreslik.news]

John Hancock Financial today announced that its Lab of Forward Thinking (LOFT) has entered into a collaborative tri-party synergy with app developer ConsenSys and full-stack infrastructure developer BlockApps STRATO, for an Ethereum blockchain proof of concept (PoC) solution aimed at enhancing the on-boarding of new wealth management clients, according to a joint press release.

The use of a distributed ledger such as the blockchain systems used by cryptocurrencies continues to be sought by financial services companies as an application across other mediums such as for settlement and digital rights management or other digitally provisioned activities, and in ... (read more)