Ripple Joins Business Alliance Advocating ‘Safe and Accessible’ US Election
Blockchain payments startup Ripple has joined an alliance comprising of almost 1,000 major U.S. companies and CEOs calling for calm and fairness in Tuesday's presidential election.
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Ripple Labs announced yesterday it has joined the NACHA Payments Innovation Alliance - a move it says will increase its influence within the financial and payments industry, as well as help promote new technologies in the space. NACHA, previously the National Automated Clearing House Association, is a not-for-profit industry body of financial institutions that serves as trustee for the Automated Clearing House (ACH) network, the backbone for electronic payments and movement of money and financial data in the US. The ACH Network is similar to the SWIFT network that facilitates international....
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