Ask HN: Ways that financial institutions store ledgers and transactions?

4 points by except ↗ HN
I saw a talk mentioning the use of append-only transactions in a NoSQL database however I was wondering if there was a different way that is more widely used in industry.

3 comments

[ 1.7 ms ] story [ 15.6 ms ] thread
Blockchain
I believe Symbiont is one of the companies creating/marketing this.
https://www.advent.com/solutions/geneva-for-hedge-funds/

Stores ledgers and transactions of any instrument: currencies, stocks, bonds, etc.

It's developed over the past 30 years, requires financial operations staff to operate. It has a server and client, has an API available.

It's expensive to run for startups and hard to transition out of once you use it.