SBI Holdings Brings Ripple Technology To Various Asian Banks
Even though many people do not give much credit to the blockchain service Ripple has managed to create, there seems to be a growing demand for their services in Asian. Thanks to a deal with SBI Holdings, this technology will be able to merge with banking industry experience and create a new company called SBI Ripple Asia. With a large focus on Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and China, Ripple’s enterprise solutions will focus on cross-border bank payments. Ripple Keeps Gaining More Popularity In Asia And Beyond. In the Western world, concepts such as Ripple are not gaining too much traction. Part of....
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SBI Holdings, the financial services business division of Japan’s SBI Group, has announced it is creating a new company in partnership with digital ledger technology (DLT) startup Ripple. Called SBI Ripple Asia, the new company aims to focus on expanding the use of Ripple products and services through sales and engineering efforts focused on Asian markets including China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan. The announcement comes amid a broader push by SBI Group to make its interest in the blockchain and distributed ledger technology known, and amid a shift in Ripple's strategy to emphasize the value....
Ripple, a provider of financial settlement solutions, and SBI Holdings, Inc., a financial services company, have partnered in launching a new company, SBI Ripple Asia, to serve China, Japan, Taiwan, Korea and ASEAN countries. SBI Ripple Asia will establish a sales and engineering group to sell and install its enterprise solutions for cross-border payments at banks. The 2015 World Payments Report notes that non-cash payments in China, Japan and South Korea exceeded $145 billion in 2013, with further growth expected, Ripple noted in its announcement. Ripple will continue to operate its....
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