Ripple

272 results about this entity

Period: 05 Mar 2014 - 17 Dec 2024

Ripple receives BitLicense

Early last year, the state of New York began requiring a license to engage in virtual currency activity. Ripple engaged with New York’s Department of Financial Services and today received a “BitLicense” to sell and custody XRP, the digital asset native to the Ripple Consensus Ledger, for institutional investors and financial institutions in New York.

EBAday2016: Volante accelerates integration with Ripple

Volante Technologies Inc., a global leader in the provision of software for the integration, processing and orchestration of financial messages and payments, working in collaboration with Ripple, today announced it has created a solution specifically designed to accelerate the process of integrating with Ripple, the global provider of distributed financial technology solutions offering real-time settlement of cross border payments.

Santander taps Ripple blockchain tech for international payments app

In what it claims is a UK bank first, Santander has begun piloting an app that uses blockchain technology from Ripple for international payments.

Deloitte showcases integration of Ripple technology into Temenos T24

New payment technology is transforming financial systems by allowing direct bank-to-bank settlements in real time, even for international transfers.

Finance executives lay out fintech policy agenda

Senior finance heads have devised a set of recommendations aimed at encouraging fintech innovations from within and outside the industry while preserving economic and systemic stability.

MIT adopts Ripple validator to advance consensus and blockchain research

Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Connection Science, a research initiative that applies data and analytics to build better societies, today announced that it is the first academic institution in North America to participate in a global Byzantine consensus database.

Ripple hires HSBC payments exec Marcus Treacher

Ripple, the global provider of financial settlement solutions, today announced the hire of Marcus Treacher as Global Head of Strategic Accounts.

Ripple opens London office to serve European demand

With European banks showing huge interest in the potential of distributed ledger technology, San Francisco-based startup Ripple has opened a new office in London to serve the region, and hired former Swift exec Patricia Pittomvils as director of sales.

RBC tests distributed ledger for remittances and loyalty programme

The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is the latest financial services giant to go public with its distributed ledger progress, confirming that it is working with Ripple on cross-border payments and experimenting with a blockchain-based loyalty platform.

Ripple boasts it can slash banks' global settlement costs

Ripple claims that its network and native currency could save banks up to 60% on costs associated with global interbank settlements.

Linux Foundation's Hyperledger Project boasts new members and code contributions

The Linux Foundation-led Hyperledger Project has signed up 30 founding members from the technology and financial services sectors, with several donating code to the effort to build a cross-industry open standard for distributed ledgers.

Ripple to create Asian joint venture with SBI Holdings

Ripple is to create a joint venture company with Japanese financial conglomerate SBI Holdings to drive the adoption of its distributed ledger technology for cross-border payments across Asian markets.