Ripple Labs' Grand Plan to Build a Global Payment Protocol
It's no coincidence that Ripple Labs was formed in 2012 to be a part of a payments revolution. In 2013, the price of bitcoin hit a high that many had not thought possible, creating a sentiment that new and distributed technologies could change the global financial order on a fundamental level. This enthusiasm is the driving force behind Ripple, and one of the reasons that it has already raised $6.5m in angel and seed funding from the likes of Andreessen Horowitz, Google Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The company says it has raised capital in its early stages because it aims to....
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Ripple Labs CEO Chris Larsen sent the digital currency community buzzing this week when he tweeted that Ripple Labs is working with Western Union on real-time payment settlements. Many view such a partnership as a sign of Western Union's willingness to become more active in the digital currency space. The partnership also signifies a growing recognition of Ripple Labs' open protocol that lets people send digital currency across the Internet-based distributed network. Ripple Labs signed an agreement in the fall with two U. S. banks (Cross River Bank in New Jersey and Kansas-based CBW Bank)....
Ripple Labs is on the lookout for developers and entrepreneurs alike this week. The Ripple Accelerator, an incubator designed to help companies using the Ripple protocol, opened in San Francisco. And Ripple Labs, the firm behind the open-source digital payment protocol, has launched a developer offensive to encourage third-party apps and services to support it. The Ripple Accelerator is designed as an independent entity, not influenced by Ripple Labs. It is operated by CrossCoin Ventures, a separate group of four partners, two of whom run the Menlo Incubator. However, it is located in the....
Global remittance giant Western Union is reportedly working on a pilot program with distributed payment protocol provider Ripple Labs. The news was first revealed in a tweet by Ripple Labs promoting CEO Chris Larsen's appearance at Global Conference 2015, an annual event held by non-profit think tank the Milken Institute. The pilot was further confirmed by Monica Long, VP of marketing and communications at Ripple Labs, who told CoinDesk that while Western Union is "exploring a pilot project using Ripple", no further details on the initiative were available. Long did, however, suggest that....
Ripple Labs made huge waves today, signing the first two U. S. banks to an agreement to use their open-source payment protocol. Two U. S. banks, Cross River Bank in New Jersey and Kansas-based CBW Bank, proclaim their utilization of the Ripple currency protocol. This makes way for an instant transfer system with international transfers at no charge on Ripple's network. "It's a big milestone," said Ripple Labs Chief, Chris Larsen. "We've been working on our enterprise banking strategy for well over a year. It takes quite a while for banks to get going." Ripple's Transaction Protocol (RTXP)....
Image via Stanford University. San Francisco-based Ripple Labs, the startup behind the digital payment network Ripple, has appointed a former US State Department official as an advisor. Speaking about her new role, Anja Manuel said she was excited to build on Ripple's "impressive momentum" and looking forward to help it gain international traction. "Ripple is uniquely designed to lower both the costs and risks inherent to domestic and cross-border payment systems," she added. The former US State Department official said: "It has the potential to expand the global economy through increased....