Stellar blockchain remittance corridor to power Thailand–Europe payments
The new cross-border remittance corridor will be hosted on the Stellar blockchain and serve around 600 million customers. Cross-border remittance currently stands as one of crypto’s best use cases that will thrust it into mainstream finance. Running parallel to this trend, a new partnership between Velo Labs and two financial institutions has now resulted in a $17-billion remittance corridor between Europe and Thailand. Using Velo Labs’ blockchain-based financial protocol, local financial institutions Tempo Payments and Bitazza will host the cross-border remittance service, connecting....
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