Fraud prevention platform Trustpair introduced the mixing of funding financial institution JPMorgan’s blockchain-based answer Affirm to confirm checking account info on Oct. 1.
Affirm is a closed community for world account validation info constructed on Liink, the enterprise-focused permissioned and personal blockchain developed by JPMorgan’s Onyx division.
Gloria Wan, Government Director at Onyx by J.P. Morgan, acknowledged that Affirm was created to supply collective intelligence to enhance decision-making for firms. She added:
“Companies function in a data-driven world, but many nonetheless depend on inaccurate vendor and fee knowledge when making high-value transactions, which considerably raises firms’ threat of fraud, fee errors, and delays.”
Consequently, Trustpair’s over 200 clients — together with firms akin to Societe Generale, Decathlon, and Danone — can now confirm vendor financial institution accounts throughout 15 world markets, decreasing the danger of fee fraud and fee delays.
Trustpair’s co-founder and CEO, Baptiste Collot, added that making use of JPMorgan’s blockchain answer will set a better customary for fraud prevention and person expertise.
Increasing blockchain entrance
JPMorgan’s stance in the direction of the blockchain business has modified significantly since 2017, when the lender’s CEO, Jamie Dimon, referred to as Bitcoin a fraud.
In 2019, the funding financial institution launched its personal crypto — the JPM Coin — for wholesale funds between establishments. One yr later, JPMorgan launched its blockchain-focused Onyx unit.
JPMorgan executed its first transaction on a public blockchain in November 2022. The financial institution issued and swapped 100,000 Singaporean {dollars} for Japan’s yen with SBI Digital Asset Holdings on the Polygon blockchain utilizing a forked model of the main cash market Aave.
In line with Onyx’s web site, JPMorgan now offers three totally different main merchandise leveraging blockchain in addition to Liink. Coin Methods is a bank-focused answer for switch and clearing that leverages JPM Coin.
Blockchain Launch is a group inside the Onyx unit that gives blockchain service to JPMorgan’s purchasers, whereas Onyx Digital Property is the funding financial institution’s tokenization platform.
