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Ripple-backed MoneyGram has announced that the new service called FastSend, that was created to allow customers to send money directly to the phone numbers of recipients, will be based on Visa and not on RippleNet or XRP.International remittance giant company MoneyGram has recently announced its new FastSend service in order to facilitate the transfer of money to the recipient’s phone numbers. The service will be powered by Visa and not by the pre-existing partnership with Ripple that offers...

In its new publication, Ripple has pointed out the major problems with remittance in the APAC region and explained how it can solve these problems.Ripple is slowly becoming a force to be reckoned with as far as the international remittance market is concerned. The company is consistently in the news for some of the heavy moves it is making to control cross-border payments. Ripple also has a significant interest in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region as the remittance market in the area is huge. In...

Ripple-backed MoneyGram launched a new service called FastSend to help customers to send money directly to the phone numbers of recipients. Meanwhile, Ripple has entered into a partnership with the National Bank of Egypt.In its bid to digitalize the entire financial ecosystem, leading P2P cross border Ripple-backed payment platform MoneyGram has announced today the launch of MoneyGram FastSend. It is a new service that is geared towards sending money to a recipient’s phone number through the...

The XRP token had a great start to the week following a 2.82 percent surge in price after Ripple, the company that is using the cryptocurrency in its solutions, released 500 million tokens from an escrow account on Feb. 1, at least according to data provided by resource monitoring website Whale Alert.In the last 24 hours, XRP price has spiked from $0.2460 to its current price of $0.2522, CoinMarketCap data shows. XRP’s gains extended across the board to other altcoins particularly those in...

In an article, titled “The Sign of a Stabilizing Market: XRP Utility” that was published on Ripple‘s official website on Thursday, January 30, 2020, the company revealed that financial institutions are already utilizing the power of blockchain and digital asset technology. And there are tangible results to prove it.Ripple, the blockchain firm that actively uses the popular altcoin XRP in its solutions, has been in the news for a while now. Following a number of positive developments that...

XRP status has been classified as unclear. The U.S. Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Heath Tarbert has indicated. He said this in an interview while trying to clarify the status of different cryptocurrencies. He noted:“It’s unclear. Stay tuned I’d say. Part of the issue is that our jurisdiction we share with the SEC [Securities and Exchange Commission]. If it’s a security, it falls under their jurisdiction. If it’s a commodity, it falls under ours.”CFTC...

XRP price crashes continue to have place. As the price has fallen to $0.20, it means that the coin has lost 95% of its highest all-time value. Currently, Bitcoin dominance is at an all-time high of nearly 70%. This has created a scenario where the XRP token has lost ground. This hasn’t however dampened the confidence of investors into XRP-related projects. Sources indicate that Ripple announced recently that it had been able to get about $200 million in investments this year. Ripple Labs also...

Ripple is ending this year in high class. The company announced on Friday it managed to raise $200 million in Series C funding. This investment presents the last stone in a road marking this the record “Ripple year” regarding its business. It also proves the blockchain technology’s worth in improving global payments and the higher advantage when it comes to the digital asset XRP and the XRP Ledger.As per the official announcement, the Series C was led by the investment company Tetragon and...

In what is seen as a paradox that has put many pundits on the edge, recent data indicates that XRP that is widely used by Ripple in its solutions is already less than one month away from being the worst-performing cryptocurrency token that is among the top ten in terms of market capitalization. Research indicates that coming up as a close second in this regard is Bitcoin Cash (BCH) which has lost 49% of its value since its all-time-high as against XRP’s 51%. XRP at the time of the 2017...

Many things have been said about the champions who have been at the forefront of making things happen in the crypto space but not much has been known about them. The list below and the descriptions indicate the biggest companies in the industry not only by valuation and capitalization but also by goodwill and corporate presence both online and offline as well. They shall be listed in no particular order of preference. Ripple (Valuation of about $5 Billion)Many people have heard one way or the...