While banks have been investigating and investing in distributed ledger technology (DLT) the team at Ripple does not believe that DLTs are likely to make an appearance any time soon when it comes to processing cross-border payments. Issues around scalability and privacy are still too...
Competition in the cross-border payments market is on the rise as blockchain firm Ripple and payments messaging company SWIFT vie for market leadership. Reports in the Financial Times this week highlighted the increasing competition in the market as Ripple continues to add banks to its...
Adopting Ripple’s system for international remittance payments, The Kuwait Finance House (KFH) has joined Ripple Net. The institution is reportedly the first bank in Kuwait to become a part of the enterprise blockchain network, CCN reported. Through the platform, the bank can offer cross-border money...
Commercial payments provider FLEETCOR Technologies, Inc. announced news on Thursday (March 1) that it has entered a pilot program with enterprise blockchain solution firm Ripple and Cambridge Global Payments, the international payments provider focused on B2B and owned by FLEETCOR. The companies said in a release...
September 25, 2018
Easy come, easy go? For XRP, the maxim holds true into a new week. Bulls are no doubt looking wistfully at last week’s action, when the price rose more than 100 percent and headlines held promise over XRP’s adoption into (a bit) more mainstream, everyday financial life. As of today (Sept. 25), the price has […]
May 31, 2018
Adopting Ripple’s system for international remittance payments, The Kuwait Finance House (KFH) has joined Ripple Net. The institution is reportedly the first bank in Kuwait to become a part of...
