Credit rating giant Moody's Investor Service said in a recent report that Blockchain technology for cross-border transactions could potentially hurt banks in Switzerland more than in any other country, CNBC reported yesterday, April 16.
"While making cross-border transactions faster and less expensive would be credit positive for banks, these efficiencies could also compress their fees and commissions, a credit negative."
Moody's Investor Service chart of the share of fees and commission income from revenue.
Switzerland is also placed third, after the UK and Belgium, for Moody's country rankings for banks that process the most cross-border transactions as related to GDP. Switzerland has recently been referred to as the "Crypto nation" due to its supportive ecosystem for crypto, Blockchain, and Initial Coin Offerings.
Earlier in April, a board member of the Swiss National Bank said that while distributed ledger technology, like Blockchain, can reduce costs for cross-border payments, it does not meet the requirements for Real-Time-Gross-Settlement payment systems in regards to its data security and reliability.
Swiss Banking Industry To Be Hurt The Most By Blockchain, Says New Moody's Report
Published on Apr 17, 2018
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