Blockchain has been synonymous with crypto currencies for some time but its range of applications and roles in the wider digital transformation are now much more fully understood. This is certainly true of the financial industry, which is gradually shaking off its legacy systems and incorporating this revolutionary technology into an ever-growing number of uses.
Due diligence on retail property transactions is set to become more demanding, according to new research among real estate fund managers commissioned by European data room provider Drooms.
Drooms is moving its virtual data room (VDR) offering into the Blockchain age. As Europe’s leading VDR provider for the UK, Drooms is using this modern technology to enhance the security of transaction data archives. Until now, all data has been stored on physical data carriers following completion of a transaction. But now it can be archived in Drooms’ virtual NXG data room with blockchain protection. As a result, the secured data cannot be lost, is non-manipulable and is accessible to all parties involved in a transaction at any time. Any warranty issues or necessary contract checks can be carried out quickly and problem-free via the data room after a transaction has been completed. As such, the application of Blockchain archiving makes a VDR an ideal tool for solicitors and notaries.
Wealth & Finance Magazine announces the 2018 Alternative Investment Awards winners and Drooms is one of them.
Now in its fifth year, the 2018 Alternative Investment Awards cast a light on the individuals, firms and departments from across all sectors that have played a part in shaping the financial industry. Drooms is proud to be awarded 'Best Data Room 2018: Drooms NXG & Recognised Leaders in Secure Cloud Services'.
The European real estate sector continues to flourish but competition for deals is fierce and speed is often of the essence: so much so that, according to recent Drooms research over 50% of real estate professionals in Europe are compromising on the quality of their due diligence to complete transactions quickly.
Some of the biggest names in technology and property gathered for the inaugural Mipim Proptech Europe 2018 conference at the Palais des Congrès in Paris recently.
This year has seen a sharp rise in the world’s interest in artificial intelligence (AI), making it increasingly difficult for the legal sector to ignore the potential disruption it could undergo because of this new phenomenon.
New research published by Drooms, the provider of virtual data rooms in Europe, has found that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in real estate transactions is increasing despite perceived barriers such as a lack of relevant skills to implement AI technology.
The terms fintech and proptech are bandied around a lot these days. Indeed many would agree that their free and almost interchangeable use has made the terms into something of a cliché. However, buzz words and their exact definition aside, the increasing role technology is playing in industry shows no signs of dissipating.
The financial services industry has understood the potential hidden in applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for some time. Of the 5,000 FinTech start-ups identified by a 2016 report by Ernst & Young, a large number are set to bring intelligence to a banking world that often lacks innovation.
