Brazil and Latin America’s Largest Bank Will Use Ripple

Ripple’s Adoption

Most major banks in South Korea and Japan led by SBI Holdings, one of Japan’s leading commercial banks, are utilizing the Ripple network’s liquidity platform xRapid to lower operating costs in processing payments between banks and institutions.

In the upcoming months, Itaú Unibanco along with a major Singapore-based remittance service provider InstaReM and Indian commercial bank IndusInd will actively utilize Ripple xCurrent to settle payments between international financial service providers.

The Ripple team noted that remittance service providers in large remittance markets such as Brazil and Canada have started to utilize xVia, a payments solution developed by Ripple, to process payments on the Ripple blockchain. Beetech in Brazil and Zip Remit in Canada aim to process payments on the RIpple blockchain network with remittance service providers in China, as Chinese remittance companies have entered RippleNet in February.

Patrick Griffin, Ripple’s head of business development, emphasized the necessity of a blockchain solution like Ripple in the global remittance and payments industries, especially for businesses and consumers in emerging markets. Griffin explained that blockchain technology can ease the process for individuals sending money from abroad to their home countries, specifically for expat workers and international businesses.

“The payments problem is a global problem, but its negative impact disproportionally affects emerging markets. Whether it’s a teacher in the U.S. sending money home to his family in Brazil, or a small business owner in India trying to move money to open up a second store in another country, it’s imperative that we connect the world’s financial institutions into a payments system that works for their customers, not against them,” said Griffin…