
Russian Telco MTS, Sberbank Complete Blockchain-Based Commercial Bond Transaction
The National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, has announced the completion of a commercial bond transaction between MTS, a mobile network operator in Russia, and state-owned Russian bank Sberbank.
The commercial bond placement was first announced in May of this year when MTS said that it issued commercial bonds denominated in rubles using NSD’s Hyperledger Fabric-based blockchain platform.