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Ripple Appoints Former Treasurer of the United States Rosie Rios to Board of Directors and Kristina…
Today, Ripple is excited to announce two new appointments to its leadership team. Rosa “Rosie” Gumataotao Rios, 43rd Treasurer of the United States, joins the Ripple Board of Directors and Kristina Campbell joins as Chief Financial…
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UBRI Welcomes First University Partners in Africa, UAE and Iceland, Drives CBDC Research Forward
Today, Ripple’s University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI)—the leading university blockchain accelerator program—welcomes the University of Capetown, Reykjavik University, and New York University Abu Dhabi (NYU Abu Dhabi) to solve…
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Why Monica Long Looks to the Power of Communities to Create a More Inclusive World
Monica Long believes in the power of communities. As head of RippleX, she leads a team that inspires and enables a global community of developers to build a more open and competitive financial ecosystem. And as the Executive Sponsor of…
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Unlocking Financial Inclusion with CBDCs
The global pandemic exposed many existing government distribution channels for financial aid as inadequate. With roughly one quarter of the world’s population unbanked, a number of stimulus programs faltered and rolled out too slowly and…
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Novatti Taps ODL To Improve Australian Remittance Payments To Southeast Asia
The current global payments infrastructure does not meet today’s business or consumer demands. Cross-border payments require businesses to hold pre-funded accounts in destination currencies — a costly and slow endeavor that ties up…
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Designing a Career Path
Just as April ushers in feelings of renewal and energy with the start of Spring, this month also signals one of Ripple’s favorite programs: Development Month. To support employees, we have built a Learning and Development program to…
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What’s the Deal with NFTs?
Ripple’s CTO David Schwartz recently sat down with our internal teams to discuss the world’s current most famous piece of blockchain technology, non-fungible tokens (NFT).
But what exactly are NFTs?
Fungible Tokens vs. Non-Fungible Tokens…
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Cryptocurrency Sustainability: The Path Forward
Addressing sustainability in fintech and crypto is more important than ever. As cryptocurrency becomes increasingly mainstream — with more financial institutions, companies like PayPal, Visa and Tesla and individual investors racing to…
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Mercury to Boost Remittance Time and Money Savings to South Africa Using ODL
The shortest air mile distance between Johannesburg and London is 5,635 miles. Historically, moving money between banks or money service providers in those two cities takes days to cover that distance. That literally means it would…
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Ripple Acquires 40% Stake in Asia’s Leading Cross-Border Payments Specialist, Tranglo
Ripple has agreed to acquire 40% of Asia’s leading cross-border payments specialist Tranglo. This partnership enables Ripple to meet growing customer demand in the region and expand the reach of RippleNet’s On-Demand Liquidity (ODL)…
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