Japanese technology company GMO Internet Group will implement the blockchain in a new Internet Bank, launched in cooperation with Aozora Bank. This is stated in the press release of the company.

GMO Internet will develop for GMO Aozora Bank Net Bank new settlement system using the technology of the distributed registry.

“The blockchain is a breakthrough for secure and fast payments and financial services”, — stated in a press release.

We also know that the Bank will operate on the basis of artificial intelligence and the Internet of things.

Note, in 2017, the Japanese conglomerate, GMO Internet Group has launched a platform for cryptocurrency trading. Then the representatives of the company said they would pay part of the salaries of its employees in bitcoins.

Also last year, GMO Internet Group burst into the mining industry. The technology company has created B2, the first miner of bitcoin, fully developed in Japan.

It is known that in October, the company released a 7-nanometer chips for mining bitcoins.

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