Remittances

Banking

UAE Bank Opens Bangladesh Remittance Corridor Using Ripple’s Blockchain Tech

RAKBank aims to speed up remittances for Bangladeshi expats after integrating with RippleNet.

Business  ·  12 May 2020
Thailand

Thai Remittance Platform Starts Processing Ripple Payments

DeeMoney has become the first non-banking institution to use RippleNet in Thailand.

Business  ·  19 March 2020
Ripple

Money Sender Azimo to Use Ripple Tech and XRP for Philippines Remittance Corridor

European money transfer service Azimo is tapping Ripple's On-Demand Liquidity and XRP to speed up remittances to the Southeast Asian nation.

Business  ·  27 February 2020
XRP

Intermex Partners With Ripple for XRP-Based Remittance Corridor

Intermex has said it will use use RippleNet for its U.S.-Mexican remittance corridor.

Business  ·  5 February 2020
Remittances

Bitspark Fades Out Following COO Maxine Ryan’s Departure

The company, with operations in Hong Kong, the Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam, will be permanently shuttering its doors on March 4.

News  ·  4 February 2020
Wallets

Watch Civic’s CEO Talk About His New Cross-Border Payment System

The Civic Wallet is a noncustodial money transfer system that uses your face instead of complex keys.

Tech  ·  17 January 2020
Bitcoin

Lebanese Bitcoiners Show How to Talk About Crypto at Thanksgiving

Amid civil unrest, bitcoin is helping some Lebanese get by. Emphasis on the word “helping.” Traditional social ties are as important as technology.

People  ·  27 November 2019
Remittances

This Tiny Crypto Startup Has Lessons for Libra’s ‘Unbanked’ Dreams

If Facebook’s Libra project truly aims to serve the globe’s 1.7 billion unbanked, Hong Kong-based Bitspark might offer some insights.

Business  ·  18 November 2019
News

Venezuelan Migrants Are Using Bitcoin for Remittances, But There’s a Catch

For many of these bitcoin users, crypto payments are merely a last resort and fiat transfers are still generally easier.

Markets  ·  17 October 2019
Payments

Mastercard, R3 to Develop Blockchain Cross-Border Payments Platform

The card giant is to develop a blockchain-powered cross-border payments platform in partnership with enterprise-focused blockchain firm R3.

Business  ·  11 September 2019
Ripple

Ripple Partnership Provides New Payment Rail for UK Remittance Firm

Ripple's newest partnership will enable UK remittance firm, Xendpay, to move money to Southeast Asia in real time.

Markets  ·  22 August 2019
Banking

Philippines’ UnionBank Launches Stablecoin, Conducts Country’s First Bank Blockchain Transaction

The group ran its first transaction between three rural banks in an effort to improve its remittance offerings.

Business  ·  30 July 2019
Payments

Euronet Subsidiary Ria Turns to Ripple Tech Seeking Faster Money Transfers

Ria Money Transfer, one of the world's biggest remittance firms, has joined Ripple's blockchain-based payments network.

Business  ·  3 May 2019
Japan

Japanese Bank Abandons Work With SBI Ripple’s ‘Money Tap’ App

Resona, one of three Japanese banks working with SBI Holdings and Ripple on their blockchain app Money Tap, is pulling out of the project.

Business  ·  12 April 2019
Payments

Western Union Integrates With Crypto Wallet to Expand Philippines Remittances

The money transfer giant has teamed up with blockchain startup Coins.ph to enable residents of the Philippines to directly receive cash remittances.

Business  ·  8 April 2019