Insureblocks Blockchain & Smart Contracts In Insurance

Silvia Attanasio, is the Head of Innovation at ABI (Italian Banking Association). Previously to that role she worked for 17 years at ABI Labs, the centre of research and innovation at ABI. Her present mission is to support the innovation amongst the banks within the Italian Banking Association. In this podcast she shares with us the exciting journey ABI has taken in launching a blockchain for Italian interbank reconciliation. We are also very grateful for her to be recording this podcast with us from her home in Milan during the Coronavirus Pandemic.   What is blockchain? From Silvia’s point of view, blockchain is a way to organise a history of events and guarantee the integrity of the data in order to make it easy for a group of people or companies to agree on it. However, Silvia also wants to say that blockchain isn’t a cost cutting technology. She agrees that the technology has the potential to bring efficiency gains but from her point of view we have yet reached that point.   What is Spunta? Spunta is