Revolutionizing the Financial Markets
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12<br />
Editor's Letter<br />
Gareth Richardson<br />
Managing Director at GFT, responsible for <strong>the</strong> company’s UK and Poland businesses<br />
Putting BLOCKCHAIN<br />
to work<br />
2016 should be <strong>the</strong> year in which Blockchain-based solutions for financial<br />
institutions and o<strong>the</strong>r organisations move from prototype to commercial reality.<br />
In <strong>the</strong> meantime, Blockchain should assist organisations to think in new ways, as<br />
GFT’s Gareth Richardson explains.<br />
<strong>Financial</strong> IT: What is <strong>the</strong> problem or client need that GFT’s<br />
Project Jupiter seeks to solve?<br />
Gareth: Project Jupiter is <strong>the</strong> GFT Blockchain incubator<br />
which seeks to identify, analyse, assess and advise on <strong>the</strong><br />
suitability of Blockchain as a suitable technology for a range<br />
of specific business needs.<br />
Project Jupiter uses a range of criteria to assess <strong>the</strong><br />
suitability of Blockchain. GFT has currently developed a<br />
high level working prototype solution that addresses a<br />
number of critical business issues in a new, innovative, and<br />
disruptive way. Our work to date has centred on an internal<br />
learning and development process and we are now testing
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