CLS Invests in R3 to Promote Blockchain for FX

CLS will join the R3 board and will help push the release of blockchain applications for currency markets.

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CLS—which counts 70 of the largest financial institutions as members along with 24,000 third-party clients—will be joining R3’s board and have a role in the company’s business strategy, a much larger role than it had as a member of the consortium since last year.

Reports have placed the investment at $5 million; a source close to the deal says those figures are largely correct.

Both firms will work on deploying distributed-ledger technology to CLS’s members and the FX space, according to R3’s

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