Ernst & Young Launches a Public Finance Management Blockchain Solution

Ernst & Young, one of the largest professional services firms in the world and one of the Big Four accounting firms, has announced the launch of EY OpsChain Public Finance Manager (PFM), a blockchain-enabled solution designed to help governments improve their processes for financial management of public funds.

The blockchain based solution Ops Chain can support up to 20 million transactions per day on private networks. The platform support advanced token technology that enables financial services functionality to be integrated into assets and the development of a library of smart contracts that automate standard business processes.

EY Ops Chain is maturing into a full-featured business application that allows enterprises to digitize and automate their interactions with key business partners, from procurement to financial settlements. We now have clients across a range of industries from automotive, to food and beverage, to health care that are all using the same scalable code base and open blockchain standards

Paul Brody, EY Global Innovation Leader, Blockchain, says

EY OpsChain has been piloted for the city of Toronto. The application was tested to the way reconciliations and interdivisional fund transfers are managed, as part of its ongoing financial management transformation efforts.