This page catalogues the blockchain reference projects at IBM in reverse chronological order (newest first). The information is built largely from the IBM Blockchain Newsroom page. Where I’ve added project information, any mistakes are entirely my fault!
Analysis
Last updated, 25 Oct 17
Listing
All reference projects have a common structure, built from the information in the news release:
A | B | C | D | E | F
A is a unique reference number and link to the press release
B is the date on which the release was made
C is the country where the project was undertaken
D is the industry
E is the customer(s) name(s)
F is an outline of the use case
Last updated, 27 Apr 18
IPR #39 | 27 Apr 18 | Netherlands | Diamond & Jewelry | Asahi Refining, Helzberg Diamonds, LeachGarner, Richline Group and Underwriters Labs | TrustChain linking the parties together they aim to bring a new level of assurance to consumers regarding the traceability of their jewelry
IPR #38 | 17 Mar 18 | Germany | Finance | Deutsche Börse | (1) Cross border collateral movement (2) Post trade processing & settlement (3) Commercial bank payment
IPR#37 | 08 Mar 18 | UK | Finance | SWIFT | Nostro account reconciliation - PoC success
IPR#36 | 6 Feb 18 | Kuwait | Transport | 3PL Agility Logistics | Freight forwarder collaborating with Maersk and IBM to manage and track container shipments
IPR#35 | 24 Nov 18 | UAE | Transport | Emirates & Flydubai | Airfreight handling, including secureity, legal & operations - PoC completion
IPR#34 | 04 Oct 17 | Switzerland | Finance | Bank of Montreal, CaixaBank, Commerzbank, Erste Group and UBS | Open, blockchain-based Trade Finance Platform
IPR#33 | 20 Sep 17 | China | Finance | China Construction Bank (Asia) | Bank based insurance sales platform
IPR#32 | 12 Sep 17 | Germany | Automotive | ZF & UBS | Open automotive transaction platform for mobility services.
IPR#31 | 22 Aug 17 | USA | Retail | Dole, Driscoll’s, Golden State Foods, Kroger, McCormick , Nestlé, Tyson Foods, Unilever & Walmart | Identify new areas where the global supply chain can benefit from blockchain to strengthen consumer confidence in the global food system
IPR#30 | 09 Aug 17 | Japan | Education | Sony Global Education | Management of students' learning data.
IPR#29 | 08 Aug 17 | Thailand | Finance | KBank | Letter of Guarantee service
IPR#28 | 19 Jul 17 | Italy | Finance | Borsa Italiana (part of London Stock Exchange Group) | digitize the issuance of securities for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Europe
IPR#27 | 11 Jul 17 | NZ | Finance | ANZ, Westpac, Scentre | Successful trial of bank guarantees on a blockchain platform : see white paper
IPR#26 | 26 Jun 17 | BeNeLux | Finance | DTC Consortium (Deutsche Bank, HSBC, KBC, Natixis, Rabobank, Societe Generale and Unicredit) | Trade finanance for small to medium enterprises.
IPR#25 | 25 Jun 17 | Japan | Finance | AEON Financial Service | Financial services platform for settlement and transactions for both consumers and enterprises in Japan and throughout Asia
IPR#24 | 15 Jun 17 | Germany | Insurance | AIG & Standard Chartered | Multinational insurance policy powered by blockchain.
IPR#23 | 17 May 2017 | Chile | Finance | Santiago Exchange | securities lending solution
IPR#22 | 11 May 17 | India | Finance | Signzy Technologies | Trust platform to streamline customer identification
IPR#21 | 02 May 17 | BeNeLux | Energy | TenneT, sonnen & Vandebron | Management of energy grid, enabling decentralized flexible energy sources to play a role in the electricity management
IPR#20 | 25 Apr 17 | Singapore | Education | National University of Singapore (NUS) | Blockchain education for the FinTech segment
IPR#19 | 11 Apr 17 | China | Pharma | Hejia | Supply Chain financial services platform for pharmaceutical procurement.
IPR#18 | 28 Mar 17 | USA | Energy | Trafigura | Crude oil transaction management platform.
IPR#17 | 20 Mar 17 | China | Energy | Energy-Blockchain Labs | Carbon Credit management platform. See case study for more details.
IPR#16 | 20 Mar 17 | Canada | Government | SecureKey | Trial of blockchain based citizen centric identity.
IPR#15 | 15 Mar 17 | Singapore | Finance | INVICTUS | Transactions management between small and medium enterprises, suppliers, banks and other liquidity providers.
IPR#14 | 05 Mar 17 | Denmark | Distribution | Maersk Line | Shipping container / supply chain tracking solution. [Maersk press release]
IPR#13 | 22 Feb 17 | UK | Finance | Northern Trust | Private equity fund administration
IPR#12 | 07 Feb 17 | UAE | Government | Dubai Government | Trade finance and logistics solution for the import and re-export
IPR#11 | 10 Jan 17 | China | Finance | Postal Savings Bank of China | Bond trading platform.
IPR#10 | 30 Nov 16 | India | Finance | Mahindra | Supply chain finance
IPR#9 | 09 Nov 16 | Thailand | Finance | Kasikornbank | Corporate credit, including Letters of Guarantee
IPR#8 | 21 Oct 16 | Japan | Finance | SBI Securities | Bond trading platform
IPR#7 |19 Oct 16 | China | Distribution | Walmart with Tsinghua University experimental use for food supply chain integrity
IPR#6 | 27 Sep 16 | Switzerland | Finance | CLS Group | Payment netting service for foreign exchange
IPR#5 | 23 Sep 2016 | China | Finance | China UnionPay E-payment Research Institute | Sharing loyalty points across multiple banks.
IPR#4 | 16 Sep 16 | Japan | Finance | Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi |UFJ (BTMU) | Improve efficiency and accountability of service level agreements in multi-party business interactions
IPR#3 | 30 Jun 16 | France | Finance | Credit Mutual Akea | Solving part of the "know your customer” challenge by sharing registration data between bank brances in the “mutual” group
IPR#2 | 23 Jun 16 | Japan | Finance | Mizuho Financial Group | Trade settlement using virtual currency
IPR#1 | 16 Feb 16 | Japan | Finance | Japan Exchange Group (JPX) | Trading & settlement in low liquidity markets
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