Ripple Raises $55 Million From Banking Institutions
Ripple financial platform has raised $55 million as part of its second fundraising round from multiple banking institutions. Ripple, the blockchain platform for the banking industry has announced the closure of a successful fundraising round. In this second investment round, the platform has raised $55 million from multiple investors. The US-based Ripple platform is known to offer blockchain based cross-border payments technology for banks. The technology enables banks to transfer funds to branches across geographies at costs much lesser than the conventional methods. With the latest....
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Payment Protocol Company Ripple Labs recently announced that it has raised $28 million in a new Series A financing round. The San Francisco-based startup attracted supports from a number of globally renowned companies, which include data storage company Seagate, derivative marketplace CME Group, and venture capital firm IDG Capital Partners. It further received investments from Jerry Yang's AME Cloud Ventures, ChinaRock Capital Management, China Growth Capital, and many other renowned investment vehicles. As Ripple Labs commits, it is going to channel these investments towards building the....
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Integrating the Ripple protocol into Temenos T24 lets financial institutions send payments in real-time without requiring intermediary banking relationships. Ripple has always been an initiative to bridge the gap between blockchain technology and traditional banking. Now that this protocol has been showcased as an integration into Temenos T24, the future is looking for bright for Ripple and its partners. Temenos T24 Integration is a Big Milestone for Ripple. There are a lot of people who have never heard about Temenos T24 before, even though it is one of the most commonly used core banking....
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia is on the verge of becoming one of the first banking institutions in the world to use the Ripple network. The plas to adopt Ripple network for payment settlements between its subsidiaries was announced by David Whiteing, the Chief Information Officer of Commonwealth Bank of Australia. He was speaking at an even hosted by AIIA (Australian Information Industry Association). With this announcement, the Sydney based bank has surpassed its rivals in London, Hong Kong and New York to become the first one to make use of a digital currency network. Some of the....
The short answer is, if you use the Ripple protocol for any purpose, not only can Ripple track you, but they see it as a feature, not a bug. In comments made to the California Assembly last month, Karen Gifford and Chris Larson of Ripple Labs, in essence, threw the baby out but attempted to purify the bath water. Gifford is no stranger to traditional banking, and Ripple famously hired her for her impressive resume which includes eight years as an active member of the litigation and enforcement group for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Her role as compliance officer should come as no....