Chainlink's EOY ANN & final results of SWIFT's POC testing are due in December. Coincidence?

When Rory mentioned there was going to be EOY ANN made by Sergey (most likely in Dec), it quickly reminded me of a small tidbit I read in a SWIFT/link article right after SIBOS. The article mentioned the following:

"The PoC will conclude in November 2017, with the final results available in December."

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gtreview.com/news/global/swift-finds-blockchain-has-potential-but-will-not-commit-yet/
gtreview.com/news/global/swift-kicks-off-blockchain-poc-with-six-banks/
sibos.com/sites/default/files/sibos_toronto_2017_sibos_issues_wrapup_edition.pdf
swift.com/our-solutions/global-financial-messaging/payments-cash-management/swift-gpi/the-technological-transformation-of-cross-border-paymentshttps://www.swift.com/our-solutions/global-financial-messaging/payments-cash-management/swift-gpi/the-technological-transformation-of-cross-border-paymentshttps://www.swift.com/our-solutions/global-financial-messaging/payments-cash-management/swift-gpi/the-technological-transformation-of-cross-border-paymentshttps://www.swift.com/our-solutions/global-financial-messaging/payments-cash-management/swift-gpi/the-technological-transformation-of-cross-border-paymentshttps://www.swift.com/our-solutions/global-financial-messaging/payments-cash-management/swift-gpi/the-technological-transformation-of-cross-border-paymentshttps://www.swift.com/our-solutions/global-financial-messaging/payments-cash-management/swift-gpi/the-technological-transformation-of-cross-border-paymentshttps://www.swift.com/our-solutions/global-financial-messaging/payments-cash-management/swift-gpi/the-technological-transformation-of-cross-border-paymentshttps://www.swift.com/our-solutions/global-financial-messaging/payments-cash-management/swift-gpi/the-technological-transformation-of-cross-border-paymentshttps://www.swift.com/our-solutions/global-financial-messaging/payments-cash-management/swift-gpi/the-technological-transformation-of-cross-border-payments
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Could this mean a official partnership announcement after the positive results? Who knows. ; )

Link to article:
gtreview.com/news/global/swift-finds-blockchain-has-potential-but-will-not-commit-yet/

Part of the article where the tidbit was pulled from:

Returning to the results: bank feedback on the PoC has been that Swift needs to develop unique value propositions in response to the different levels of sophistication, automation and previous investments of banks. “Differences in the incremental value for each financial institution will depend on its existing liquidity management capabilities,” explained Vanderveken.

Swift has concluded that it’s “crucial” that integration with legacy back-office applications and co-existence with existing processes are taken into account.

Finally, in terms of costs, although Swift has not quantified the investment required, there is no doubt that the cost will be significant. “Banks have said Swift has a role to play to make sure that the adoption is there by putting together a solution which minimises the integration efforts,” said Vanderveken. “Swift needs to bring a solution which minimises investment costs and allows co-existence with existing infrastructure and solutions.”

The findings will drive Swift’s next steps in the project, and will be compared and aggregated with the feedback that they receive from the remaining 27 banks in the group, which are currently undergoing testing. The PoC will conclude in November 2017, with the final results available in December.

Lmao. Swift won't commit to anything until the MainNet is up and running. Even then, its a huge IF

[Post]Bro u had me on board until I saw all your follow up posts.[/post]

Monolithic if indeed genuine.

Do you guys think the EOY announcement will come in late december?....

Im betting on 6/12

I'm guessing the announcement comes sometime next week/weekend. A week before the holidays.

Quite interesting. They've been testing their PoC with 27 banks since April and yes according to this article the testing will have finished in November, with an announcement this month. Pretty good find. Keep your Linkies crossed the testing was a success!