The transaction had a volume of EUR 100,000 and a term of three days.
Continental was the issuer of the money market security, a euro-denominated electronic commercial paper, according to legal requirements stipulated in the Luxembourg law.
The bank provided R3’s Corda-based blockchain platform through its research and development unit, Main Incubator, and acted as a service partner.
Siemens subscribed to the money market security as an investor, and corporate law company GSK Stockmann provided legal advice on the transaction.
In this pilot project, the transaction was initiated and settled directly between the two companies. A regular securities transaction between two companies was used as a starting point.
The companies generated the money market security and processed the trade (including payment processing) in a legally binding manner using blockchain. The documents and funds were exchanged in “a matter of minutes”.
Commerzbank says it was no longer acting as a broker between contracting parties for this particular transaction, but as a platform operator and service partner.
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