Wells Fargo Bank, N.a.

June Ann Wroblewski

Matthew Shepherd

Mayur Chheda

Kurt Paul Stevens

Sean Zhang

Luiz Fernando Flor Da Silva

Systems and methods relating to a distributed ledger-based payment rail are provided. A computer-implemented method includes determining whether a sending financial institution of a sender of a funds transfer and a receiving financial institution of a recipient of the funds transfer each operates a node on a permissioned distributed ledger network. The method further includes routing a funds transfer request message to the permissioned distributed ledger network in response to determining that the sending financial institution and the receiving financial institution each operates a node on the permissioned distributed ledger network. The method further includes destroying, by an issuer, the cash states in response to the recipient redeeming cash states associated with the funds transfer.

Systems and methods for cross-border payments via distributed ledger-based payment rail

Systems and method relating to a distributed ledger currency rail are provided. A computer-implemented method includes receiving a funds transfer request message including an amount, a sender, and a recipient; examining the funds transfer request message to identify a sending financial institution associated with the sender and a receiving financial institution associated with the recipient; and determining whether the sending financial institution and the receiving financial institution each operates a node on a permissioned distributed ledger network. The method further includes, in response to determining that the sending financial institution and the receiving financial institution each operates a node on the permissioned distributed ledger network, routing the funds transfer request message to the permissioned distributed ledger network so as to facilitate the funds transfer via digital cash states issued to the sending financial institution and the receiving financial institution in exchange for fiat currency cash.

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Danville, CA, United States of America

June Ann Wroblewski