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American Express, Blockchain and Real Time Payments

By Sarah Grotta
March 16, 2018
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An article in Coindesk reports that American Express has filed for a patent on a payment process involving blockchain.  What is interesting about the analysis of this patent, beyond the use of blockchain, is the payment process that is described.  American Express has developed (at least on paper) the mechanics to offer a real time payment for purchases that isn’t card based and doesn’t use the existing payment rails.  This may indicate a new direction in payments for American Express, or a patent to protect intellectual property around this type of transaction.

In a patent application released by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday, the credit card company’s travel arm – the American Express Travel Related Services Company – describes using the tech (blockchain) to facilitate payments between two parties by using transaction requests as a proxy.

In order to access the system, parties conducting a transaction must create digital wallets on the blockchain. As a result, the payments are conducted directly through the blockchain, rather than through a third-party banking institution.

Notably, the company further suggests that a blockchain system could improve upon current card payments networks, writing:

“A payment network based on peer-to-peer payments may be used to facilitate most functions of traditional card payment networks and to enable additional services and functionality.”

Overview by Sarah Grotta, Director, Debit and Alternative Products Advisory Service at Mercator Advisory Group

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