Barclays, IBM test quantum computing for settlement

New research suggests quantum machines will dramatically improve settlement efficiency

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Quantum computing is another step closer to being put to practical use in financial markets, after Barclays and IBM conducted a successful test that demonstrates the technology’s ability to dramatically speed up securities settlement cycles.

Banks and financial firms are exploring quantum computing’s potential to solve so-called combinatorial optimisation problems, which involve manipulating large datasets whose constituents can be combined in a near-limitless number of ways to arrive at the

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