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SendFriend Buys DigiPli to Boost Sanctions Screening and AML Controls
Acquisitions // February 02, 2023

B2B FinTech company SendFriend has acquired U.S. compliance provider DigiPli. The move will combine DigiPli’s anti-money laundering (AML) model with SendFriend’s cross-border payments solution for financial institutions (FIs) needing access to the U.S. market, SendFriend said in a Thursday (Feb. 2) press release. With this...

Ripple Expands Into Middle East, Canada
B2B Payments // February 25, 2019

Mercury FX, the international currency exchange provider, is reportedly relying on Ripple’s XRP xRapid to open up ten new payment corridors by the middle point of this year. According to a report in OracleTimes, Mercury FX chief executive Alastair Constance said during the Ripple Regionals 2019,...

Cross-Border Payment Efforts Grab Funding
B2B Payments // February 14, 2019

Amid the battle heating up between Ripple and SWIFT over payments infrastructure, SendFriend, a Ripple partner, gets funding for its cross-border payments efforts. Elsewhere, MUFG forges ahead with blockchain-based payment efforts.

Mastercard Foundation, Ripple Back Remittance Co SendFriend
Investments // February 12, 2019

Remittance company SendFriend announced that it has raised $1.7 million from investors MIT Media Lab, Barclays, the Mastercard Foundation, Ripple, Techstars, Mahindra Finance, 2020 Ventures, and 8 Decimal Capital. The investment funding will allow SendFriend to better enable Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) to safely transfer USD...

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SendFriend Buys DigiPli to Boost Sanctions Screening and AML Controls

February 02, 2023
B2B FinTech company SendFriend has acquired U.S. compliance provider DigiPli. The move will combine DigiPli’s anti-money laundering (AML) model with SendFriend’s cross-border payments solution for financial institutions (FIs) needing access to the U.S. market, SendFriend said in a Thursday (Feb. 2) press release. With this combination, SendFriend will be able to add more compliance-related features […]

Ripple Expands Into Middle East, Canada

February 25, 2019
Mercury FX, the international currency exchange provider, is reportedly relying on Ripple’s XRP xRapid to open up ten new payment corridors by the middle point of this year. According to a...

Mastercard Foundation, Ripple Back Remittance Co SendFriend

February 12, 2019
Remittance company SendFriend announced that it has raised $1.7 million from investors MIT Media Lab, Barclays, the Mastercard Foundation, Ripple, Techstars, Mahindra Finance, 2020 Ventures, and 8 Decimal Capital. The investment...