Qatar National Bank Group (QNB) recently adopted Kinexys, JPMorgan’s blockchain platform. More importantly, this latest development is a pivot from the pain points experienced by users of traditional banking infrastructures. QNB Departs from Limitations of Traditional Banking InfrastructuresIn the Traditional Finance (TradFi) ecosystem, cross-border payments are constrained by their limitation to only weekdays. Blockchain is known to present a more instant payment system that runs every hour, and sometimes, with lower transaction fees. Kinexys leverages a permissioned blockchain system that allows participating clients to transfer the funds held on deposit within JPMorgan in a real-time manner.