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Swell 2019: How bKash Makes Banking Accessible to 36 Million in Bangladesh
Citizens of Bangladesh face large financial challenges. Too many have little to no access to services at traditional financial institutions. Enter bKash Ltd., one of the country’s most popular mobile payment providers. In just over a…
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Swell 2019: MoneyGram CEO Says 10% of Transactions Between Mexico and U.S. Use On-Demand Liquidity
In June 2019, MoneyGram, one of the world’s largest money transfer companies, announced its plans to implement On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) through RippleNet. Less than six months later, MoneyGram Chairman and CEO Alex Holmes announced on…
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Swell 2019: How On-Demand Liquidity Is Changing the Global Payments Game
Last year at Swell, we first announced On-Demand Liquidity (ODL), which leverages the digital asset XRP as a bridge currency to eliminate the need for pre-funding in cross border payments. Since then, we have seen tremendous growth and…
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Swell 2019: Dr. Raghuram Rajan on Enabling Financial Inclusion with Blockchain and Digital Assets
Dr. Raghuram Rajan, former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India and Distinguished Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago, took the stage at Swell 2019 and underscored the important role that technology, including blockchain and…
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RippleNet Growth: Announcing More Than 300 Customers
Today, we are thrilled to announce that we have surpassed 300 customers. We have also seen 10x year-over-year growth in transactions on RippleNet, our global network of banks, financial institutions and payment providers that sends…
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Blockchain in Payments Report 2019: Flywheel Set in Motion
The world today is hyperconnected. With nearly 55% of the world’s population online, it’s never been easier for people to connect, engage with one another and share what’s on their mind. While this ability to exchange information has…
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Do the Math: XRP is One Tenth As Volatile As Fiat for Cross-Border Transactions
Many consider data transparency the foundation of truth. It gives people access to information and an opportunity to form their own, unbiased opinions. At Ripple, we provide transparency about Ripple’s sales of the digital asset XRP…
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UBRI Connect 2019: Why Education and Collaboration with PolicyMakers Is the Key To Blockchain…
There is little doubt that blockchain and digital asset technologies will foster greater financial inclusion and economic growth—but to realize the full potential of this technology, clear regulatory frameworks are needed. So what are the…
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On Campus: University College of London Helps Build Trust in the Internet of Value
A now famous Paul Steiner New Yorker cartoon made a prescient point about online trust in 1993 when it portrayed two dogs in front of a computer with the caption, “On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.” Humorous, true and…
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Ripple Expands Global Regulatory Team in D.C. and Joins the Blockchain Association
Not unlike the Internet’s historic impact, blockchain and digital asset technologies have the power to engender greater financial inclusion and economic growth. To realize the full potential of these technologies though, industry leaders…
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