Since the Internet, the flow of innovation has been Consumer first and then Enterprise. That is why yesterday we reviewed the consumer oriented DAPPs starting to appear on the Ethereum platform.

However, if something totally radical solves a big and pressing problem within an enterprise, something that is a Board level priority, then it gets a budget and innovation may flow from those budgets.

So far we have looked at two such pressing problems and how a Decentralized Blockchain could be the answer:
- Cybersecurity
- Credit and Market Risk from Multi Day Settlement.

The other big pressing Board level problem is Regulatory Compliance. We have looked at the problem and everybody agrees it is big and ugly. Yet still we only see solutions that are papering over the cracks. This Research Note speculates on how a Decentralized Blockchain could be the radical solution to the Regulatory Compliance challenge.

To do this, we have to imagine a future where financial transactions are automatically sent to a Decentralized Blockchain. These transactions would be annonymized to protect customer privacy. The data would be available to regulators in real time. It being an immutable Blockchain, Regulators can be confident that the data cannot be changed to make it look good. Regulators could build tools to parse the real time feed to spot suspicious patterns.

Layers of cost would be eliminated. Mistakes would be made and fines levied, but they would be small because a) there would be no cover up possible, so it would clearly be an individual mistake and not a corporate mistake and b) individuals would be more careful to comply with rules if they knew that everything was immediately visible to regulators.

Bernard Lunn
Founding Partner, Daily Fintech Advisers
www.dailyfintech.com

Bernard Lunn is a serial entrepreneur, senior executive, adviser and a strategic dealmaker. He worked in Fintech before it was called that with startups, growth stage and turnaround ventures (incl. Misys, Temenos, IMS, ITRS). He has lived and worked in America, India, UK & Switzerland and is adept at cross border deals.

Lisez gratuitement :

Le quotidien Finyear :
- Finyear Quotidien

La newsletter quotidienne :
- Finyear Newsletter
Recevez chaque matin par mail la newsletter Finyear, une sélection quotidienne des meilleures infos et expertises de la finance d’entreprise et de la finance d'affaires.

Les 6 lettres mensuelles digitales :
- Le Directeur Financier
- Le Trésorier
- Le Credit Manager
- The FinTecher
- The Blockchainer
- Le Capital Investisseur

Le magazine trimestriel digital :
- Finyear Magazine

Un seul formulaire d'abonnement pour recevoir un avis de publication pour une ou plusieurs lettres