A global IT consulting giant with clients such as Citibank UK, General Electric and Microsoft says it’s offering a new way to connect banks and financial institutions to Ripple’s suite of cross-border payments technology.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), which reported consolidated revenues of $19 billion for the year ending March 31, 2018, says its Quartz blockchain solution now works with RippleNet.
“The Quartz Cross Border Remittances solution enables banks/payments systems to connect to newer DLT based payment infrastructures (like RippleNet) for processing of Cross border FX remittance transactions.
The Quartz Gateway seamlessly connects the TCS BaNCS Payments system to the blockchain based Payments platform using APIs, and supports services related to FX Quote finalization and debit/credit of beneficiary accounts. Leveraging this approach, existing/core systems operational at banks/ other payment institutions need not undergo changes in connecting to the blockchain platform, as this complexity is absorbed by the Quartz Gateway.”
TCS is part of Tata Group, an Indian multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The company says its global banking platform called TCS BaNCS services more than a quarter of the world’s population, processing more than one billion accounts.
“Deployed at more than 450 installations worldwide, it is the largest collection of components, enterprise and consumer apps for the financial industry made available through the cloud, helping firms become more agile and intelligent by leveraging the power of new and extended ecosystems.”
The company describes its blockchain solution Quartz as an API that connects to existing distributed ledger payment infrastructures and blockchain platforms to give companies the ability to implement near real-time settlement of remittances and lower foreign exchange conversion fees. It enable instantaneous tracking of transactions, boosts liquidity and reduces audit overheads.
Back in March, TCS announced Quartz will utilize Microsoft’s Azure blockchain cloud and R3’s Corda Enterprise blockchain platform.
The company has not specified which of Ripple’s suite of cross-border software solutions its Quartz platform connects to, or whether it supports Ripple’s XRP-powered xRapid. However, R3’s Corda Settler remittance platform does support XRP, which means XRP integration would be relatively easy for Quartz to offer its clients.
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