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‣ Blockcha<strong>in</strong> technology is tak<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>in</strong>ternet technology and<br />

even bank<strong>in</strong>g by storm at the present time.<br />

‣ Blockcha<strong>in</strong> is considered as the heartbeat of a f<strong>in</strong>ancial<br />

<strong>sector</strong> by the world economic forum which <strong>in</strong>dicates that this<br />

technology plays a significant role <strong>in</strong> the f<strong>in</strong>ancial <strong>sector</strong>.<br />

‣ Technological revolution changes the bank<strong>in</strong>g <strong>sector</strong> at its<br />

best<br />

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Bank<strong>in</strong>g is one of the prom<strong>in</strong>ent <strong>sector</strong>s to adopt<br />

the <strong>blockcha<strong>in</strong></strong> technology.<br />

Blockcha<strong>in</strong> is a comb<strong>in</strong>ation of cryptography and shared<br />

database which allows multiple parties to have the transaction<br />

simultaneously through a constantly updated digital shared<br />

ledger.<br />

It is a k<strong>in</strong>d of technology where the transactions happen <strong>in</strong> a<br />

peer to peer system.<br />

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The transaction over a <strong>blockcha<strong>in</strong></strong> elim<strong>in</strong>ates the role of a<br />

f<strong>in</strong>ancial <strong>in</strong>stitution which presently acts as a mediator for<br />

transaction.<br />

It elim<strong>in</strong>ates the chances of fraud even there is no third<br />

party to authenticate the transaction of fraud.<br />

Money transaction is def<strong>in</strong>itely the prime function of a<br />

f<strong>in</strong>ancial <strong>in</strong>stitution but it is not only the function which a<br />

f<strong>in</strong>ancial <strong>in</strong>stitution needs to perform.<br />

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Blockcha<strong>in</strong> implementation would not only make the<br />

transaction easier but it will make the bank<strong>in</strong>g faster and<br />

safer <strong>in</strong> different ways.<br />

There are so many advantages of implement<strong>in</strong>g<br />

<strong>blockcha<strong>in</strong></strong> <strong>in</strong> bank<strong>in</strong>g and it can be advantageous for both<br />

the banks and its customers.<br />

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Fraud reduction:<br />

‣ The best th<strong>in</strong>g about <strong>blockcha<strong>in</strong></strong> is that it is a decentralised database.<br />

It is not like the centralised bank<strong>in</strong>g database, the data <strong>in</strong> the <strong>blockcha<strong>in</strong></strong><br />

is saved <strong>in</strong> a distributed ledger.<br />

‣ In the traditional bank<strong>in</strong>g system, the data is saved <strong>in</strong> a central<br />

database which is easy to hack.<br />

‣ Cyber crim<strong>in</strong>als and hackers are well aware of evolv<strong>in</strong>g the digital<br />

technology and‘ve been able to bypass these security systems and make<br />

a data leakage.<br />

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In contradiction to that, <strong>blockcha<strong>in</strong></strong> is decentralised<br />

and it is less prone to this type of fraud.<br />

Bank<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>dustry with <strong>blockcha<strong>in</strong></strong> makes a real time<br />

execution of payments and an absolute transparency<br />

would enable real time fraud analysis along with the<br />

prevention of the same.<br />

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Know your customer (KYC):<br />

The very important th<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the bank<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>dustry is know your<br />

customer. KYC processes requires the banks to validate and verify primary<br />

documents as a part of the due diligence protocol.<br />

As per the <strong>blockcha<strong>in</strong></strong>, once a bank receives a new customer and<br />

authenticate his identity, the bank can save the KYC document <strong>in</strong> a<br />

<strong>blockcha<strong>in</strong></strong>.<br />

The same KYC documents can be used by other authorities and the<br />

person would not be needed to repeat the same process of KYC for a new<br />

authority.<br />

The data or the blocks added <strong>in</strong> a cha<strong>in</strong> can never be tempered. So the<br />

authenticity of the data is an assured th<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

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Cheaper and secure payments:<br />

‣ Blockcha<strong>in</strong> is a faster, safer and cheaper alternative to bank<br />

payments. It elim<strong>in</strong>ates the need to rely on the <strong>in</strong>termediary like<br />

bank to approve the transaction.<br />

‣When a third party like a bank comes to a picture, it takes a<br />

transaction fee from both the sender and receiver.<br />

‣ Previously, one needs to pay a higher charge for the transaction<br />

and the process<strong>in</strong>g fee and also you need to follow certa<strong>in</strong> rules and<br />

regulations which are set by the f<strong>in</strong>ancial <strong>in</strong>stitutions.<br />

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When a transaction is done through <strong>blockcha<strong>in</strong></strong>, it makes you get rid of<br />

all those issues.<br />

Blockcha<strong>in</strong> provides peer to peer payments where no <strong>in</strong>termediaries are<br />

required hence one need to bear a low transaction fee.<br />

This technology provides cheap, fast and borderless payments across the<br />

world.<br />

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Trad<strong>in</strong>g platforms:<br />

If a bank starts us<strong>in</strong>g a <strong>blockcha<strong>in</strong></strong> for trad<strong>in</strong>g, the whole process will<br />

become much faster and secured.<br />

Blockcha<strong>in</strong> offers a new medium to exchange the assets without<br />

centralized trusts or <strong>in</strong>termediaries which are free from the risk of double<br />

spend<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

Blockcha<strong>in</strong> will m<strong>in</strong>imise the operational risk as all the transactions are<br />

transparent and immutable. The record of transaction will be there<br />

permanently and can be used for future reference.<br />

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Monitor<strong>in</strong>g of consortium accounts:<br />

The most important application of <strong>blockcha<strong>in</strong></strong> technology is to<br />

prevent the diversion of funds.<br />

The funds which are at end use will not be tracked by the lender as<br />

the borrower makes multiple transactions <strong>in</strong> mov<strong>in</strong>g funds from one<br />

bank to another.<br />

It helps monitor<strong>in</strong>g the end use of funds of a borrower funded by a<br />

consortium of banks. It leads to the reduction <strong>in</strong> Non-Perform<strong>in</strong>g Assets<br />

(NPA) as the banks can have an eye on the end use of the funds.<br />

The <strong>in</strong>formation which are related to a movement of funds is made<br />

available to all group members and it helps strengthen<strong>in</strong>g the monitor<strong>in</strong>g<br />

mechanism.<br />

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Fast paced f<strong>in</strong>ancial transaction:<br />

‣ Most of the third party transactions <strong>in</strong> the bank<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>dustry consume<br />

lot of time; this may range from few days to even weeks.<br />

‣ These transactions are tak<strong>in</strong>g place via payment gateways that can be<br />

better replaced with <strong>blockcha<strong>in</strong></strong> technology.<br />

‣ It offers a opportunity for a real time payment solutions. The<br />

<strong>blockcha<strong>in</strong></strong> takes only a few seconds to complete the transactions.<br />

‣ This would elim<strong>in</strong>ate the third party payment gateways and results <strong>in</strong><br />

fast paced f<strong>in</strong>ancial transactions.<br />

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Loans and credit:<br />

Blockcha<strong>in</strong> can be used for loans and credits <strong>in</strong> two different ways. The<br />

very first use of a <strong>blockcha<strong>in</strong></strong> <strong>in</strong> the lend<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>dustry is that a lender can<br />

check the credit worth<strong>in</strong>ess of a potential borrower through a <strong>blockcha<strong>in</strong></strong>.<br />

Before the lend<strong>in</strong>g process, the lender checks the credit score, <strong>in</strong>come<br />

to debt ratio etc for which they need to depend on the credit bureaus like<br />

trans-union or CIBIL.<br />

Those credit bureaus save the data <strong>in</strong> a centralized database which is<br />

vulnerable to get hacker and this would have a direct effect on the<br />

creditworth<strong>in</strong>ess of an <strong>in</strong>dividual.<br />

In order to resolve this issue, banks can use the <strong>blockcha<strong>in</strong></strong> to avail the<br />

authenticate data about a potential borrower.<br />

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The other use of <strong>blockcha<strong>in</strong></strong> is that with the help of a <strong>blockcha<strong>in</strong></strong> a loan seeker can avail a<br />

loan through peer to peer lend<strong>in</strong>g. In this method of lend<strong>in</strong>g, the lender is just another<br />

person <strong>in</strong>stead of a lend<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>stitution who can check the credit worth<strong>in</strong>ess of the loan<br />

seeker through the <strong>blockcha<strong>in</strong></strong> and provide a loan.<br />

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F<strong>in</strong>al thoughts:<br />

‣ It is undeniable that bank<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>dustry is appreciat<strong>in</strong>g this<br />

<strong>blockcha<strong>in</strong></strong> technology but implement<strong>in</strong>g the same <strong>in</strong> a day to<br />

day function of bank is a matter of serious concern.<br />

‣ Chang<strong>in</strong>g the whole bank<strong>in</strong>g system is not an easy task. All<br />

the major functions of banks can be performed through<br />

<strong>blockcha<strong>in</strong></strong> <strong>in</strong> a more convenient and a better way.<br />

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Blockcha<strong>in</strong> br<strong>in</strong>gs more transformation <strong>in</strong> the bank<strong>in</strong>g <strong>sector</strong> s<strong>in</strong>ce it has<br />

the potential to disrupt the traditional bus<strong>in</strong>ess models and makes it obsolete.<br />

This way would help reduces the time, effort and cost <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>terbank<br />

transactions.<br />

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