The building blocks of compliance? Nascent blockchain technology could have a profound impact on how your community bank manages growing regulatory compliance demands. By Karen Epper Hoff man hile most people still equate blockchain technology with the cryptocurrencies it underpins, like the seemingly ubiquitous bitcoin, enterprises are recognizing that this infrastructure technology could serve an even more important and expansive role well outside online payments. W As many innovative fi nancial institutions are discovering through early pilots and testing, the essential blockchain technology framework boasts several qualities that make it well-suited to support a number of diff erent operational 56 Q ICBA Independent Banker Q October 2018