Smart Contracts in financial services
Whether you’re renting an apartment, buying a car or opening a bank account, contracts are an essential part of any formal agreement. The traditional contracts involve a high volume of paperwork and complexity, without mention administrative costs and depend on a middleman to settle everything. And as we move into a more computerized world, Smart Contracts emerged as the natural way of making business agreements more reliable and less complicated. Especially in the Finance Industry. What is a Smart Contract? Simply said, this is a digital contract built into a blockchain network. And, since it’s blockchain-based, the Smart Contract absorbs some of the distributed ledger characteristics, such and immutability and transparency. The great catch of a Smart Contract is its self-enforcing nature. Once all the clauses are settled, the contract executes itself, without the need for human intervention. This specific feature allows the computer-based protocol to automate processes...