Xrapid news and trends

World Bank Sees DLT Potential For Cross-Border Transactions
Payment Methods // April 01, 2019

The jockeying for cross border-payments continues, and SWIFT and Ripple continue to dominate the headlines. At heart of the matter, of course, is the place (or choice) of using distributed ledger technology (DLT) to underpin the transactions — especially B2B transactions. As noted, SWIFT has...

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,...

Ripple Co-founder Dumps XRP Tokens, XRP Takes $9B Hit
Cryptocurrency // 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...

Ripple’s X-Border Payments Product Secures Three Partners
Partnerships / Acquisitions // August 16, 2018

Ripple’s cross-border payments product xRapid brought on Bittrex to act as the preferred digital asset exchange for its transactions that move through U.S. dollars. In a press release, Ripple said that for xRapid to be successful, there needs to be a healthy ecosystem of digital asset exchange partners around...

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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 report in OracleTimes, Mercury FX chief executive Alastair Constance said during the Ripple Regionals 2019, a company event held in London, that it will use […]

Ripple Co-founder Dumps XRP Tokens, XRP Takes $9B Hit

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...

Ripple’s X-Border Payments Product Secures Three Partners

August 16, 2018
Ripple’s cross-border payments product xRapid brought on Bittrex to act as the preferred digital asset exchange for its transactions that move through U.S. dollars. In a press release, Ripple said that for xRapid to...

XRP Price Jumps On Coinbase Rumors

March 05, 2018
XRP, Ripple’s digital currency and the third-largest cryptocurrency, saw its value jump by double digits on Monday (March 5) — recently up 16 percent — as speculation abounds it could...