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Hyperledger adds Deutsche Bank as premier member

Hyperledger, an open source collaborative effort created to advance cross-industry business blockchain technologies, announced Deutsche Bank has joined the project as a premier member, on Wednesday.

Other Hyperledger premier members include: Accenture, Airbus, American Express, Baidu, Change Healthcare, Cisco, Daimler, Digital Asset, DTCC, Fujitsu, Hitachi, IBM, Intel, J.P. Morgan, NEC, SAP, Tradeshift and Wanda FFan Technology.

The Linux Foundation hosts Hyperledger under the foundation.

[Image courtesy: Deutsche Bank]

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