Traditionally, cross-border settlements happen in approximately 3-5 days. This is because of the swift process, and its involvement of an intermediary. With Blockchain however, the transaction is almost instant.   As the security of distributed ledger technologies is increased the more nodes there are connected to the network, it could potentially offer one of the most secure platforms for financial messaging. Costs such as enquiry costs and administrative time spent generally working with a transaction could be significantly reduced with the adoption of Blockchain.