Ripple is a real-time gross settlement system, currency exchange and remittance network created by Ripple Labs Inc., a US-based technology company. Released in 2012, Ripple is built upon a distributed open source protocol, and supports tokens representing fiat currency, cryptocurrency, commodities, or other units of value such as frequent flier miles or mobile minutes.
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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...
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...
Ripple reportedly offered bonuses via its digital currency during its recruiting process, according to CoinDesk. One unnamed source was said to have provided the outlet...
Bitcoin continues to struggle, reaching its lowest level in 7.5 weeks on Wednesday (Feb. 6) to end the session at $3,328. As CoinDesk reported, the crypto...
Financial messaging service SWIFT said this past week that it has fashioned a partnership with R3, a blockchain startup. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
Elementus, a data analytics firm, claims that a hacker has taken an additional $181,000 worth of ether from the Cryptopia digital currency exchange, CoinDesk reported....
News from SWIFT on Wednesday (Jan. 23) showed continued traction in the financial messaging service’s annual and daily average traffic volumes. Get the Full Story Complete the...
The Institute for FinTech Research at Beijing’s Tsinghua University (THUIFR) has unveiled a blockchain scholarship program with Ripple’s help, Cointelegraph reported. Through the program, graduate students...
More than 200 APIs will be made available from more than a dozen banks in Hong Kong through JETCO, backed by Union Pay. Elsewhere, Ripple's...