[2016-11-04] ET: Kasikornbank and IBM to develop blockchain services

Thailand's Kasikornbank and IBM team up to develop blockchain services

http://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/corporate-news/thailands-kasikornbank-and-ibm-team-up-to-develop-blockchain-services/55237086

Thailand's Kasikornbank Pcl has joined with the Thai unit of International Business Machines Corp to develop blockchain services in a bid to save costs and speed up transaction process, the companies said on Thursday.

Kasikornbank will be the first Thai bank to apply the blockchain technology and aims to start the services in the first half of 2017, Somkid Jiranuntarat, vice chairman of Kasikornbank's technology group, told reporters.

Kasikornbank is also in talks with other Thai banks to share the blockchain network, he said.