How Ripple Bolsters Its Foothold In Europe, New Partnerships Announced
Payment company Ripple announced a partnership with a payment provider for the online marketplace Lemonway. This is the first France-based customer that will leverage RippleNet’s On Demand Liquidity (ODL) solution, supported by XRP. Related Reading: Bitcoin For Bombs: North Korea Uses Stolen Crypto To Fund Its Nuclear Weapons Program The payment provider will use ODL […]
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Ripple Labs has sealed new partnerships that will bring its Ripple protocol to two US banks. According to the company's 24th September announcement, Kansas-based CBW Bank and Cross River Bank, located in New Jersey, will be the first American banks to adopt Ripple's open-source distributed transaction infrastructure. The news comes several months after Ripple inked its first deal with the banking sector, when German bank Fidor became the first institution of its kind to integrate the Ripple protocol. Like Fidor, CBW Bank and Cross River Bank will now be able to tap Ripple's low-cost....
Moneygram has announced that it has suspended using Ripple’s platform due to the lawsuit against Ripple Labs and its executives by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Last year, the company earned $50.2 million from Ripple for using the platform. Moneygram Stops Using Ripple’s Platform Moneygram International announced Monday that it has suspended trading on Ripple’s platform. The announcement came as part of the company’s earnings report for the fourth quarter and full year 2020. For the year 2020, Moneygram recorded total revenue of $1,217 million;....
San Francisco-based distributed ledger tech startup Ripple has added seven new partner financial institutions. Announced today, ATB Financial, the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD), Reisebank, Santander, UniCredit and UBS have all revealed that they are using the technology, though Ripple said the specific use cases each partner is pursuing varies. In interview, Ripple CEO Chris Larsen sought to position the partnerships as evidence that adoption of the company’s technology is increasing, and that these partners are increasingly serious about....
The blockchain company has been pushing hard into the CBDC space since piloting its CBDC Private Ledger aimed at central banks in March 2021. Ripple may soon unveil positive developments in its central bank digital currency (CBDC) projects, following hints from Ripple CBDC advisor Antony Welfare of more announcements to come. Crypto influencer Sentosumosaba had shared on Twitter on Sept.6 that Ripple was in the midst of several CBDC pilot programs including one in Bhutan and the other in Palau. Ripple’s senior advisor Welfare, who handles CBDC Europe and Global Partnerships responded on....