Second Largest Global Money Transfer Company in the World Teams up with Ripple for Cross-border Payments

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Ripple, the global payment blockchain project has secured yet another critical partnership with Ria Money Transfer, a subsidiary of Euronet. As usual, the aim is to help the company facilitate instant cross-border payments for its global customers.

The company will be leveraging Ripple’s payment network RippleNet to provide international payments for its millions of customers in the 155 countries where they operate.

So far, Ria Money facilitates funds transfers through agents and its 377,000 stores scattered all over the world in North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa and also operates online. This method though has been working for the company, faster and more efficient means of payment is required to keep up with the trend of payments in the new blockchain age.

The head of money transfer at Euronet Juan Bianchi said Ria’s integration with Ripple serves to build rails for an innovative payment infrastructure that seeks to provide easier access to potential partners while delivering faster and cleaner payments to its users. Time is a vital currency for our customers and partners, so we always keep it at the center of our innovation efforts.”

Ria money is the second largest global money transfer company in the world. By partnering with Ripple to use RippleNet, its customers will have access to a better payment network that is cheaper, more efficient and timely.

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Ripple has been expanding its reach to as many institutional partners as possible. With Ria Money Transfer now one of its clients, Ripple is also making giant strides in the industry. The Senior Vice President of, Customer Success Marcus Treacher speaking about the partnership said:

“This partnership will enable Ripple to expand the reach and solutions for our partners and the overall banking ecosystem. Ria is one of the top money transfer players in the industry, with the second largest network in the world and is known for its world-class service. By joining RippleNet, Ria not only enhances our value chain for our partners but will continue to improve remittance times and costs for both their customer and enterprise clients.”

The partnership will also directly affect XRP, the native token used for liquidity on the Ripple payment network. So far it is the preferred token for money transfer and its popularity has just gone a step higher with Ria signing up. Hopefully, this will also give the asset the much-needed price push on the market at this time.