Tagged: ripple

January 20, 2017 @ 11:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

 A group of fintech companies announced on Thursday they have come together to create the Consumer Financial Data Rights (CFDR) group. This organization will notably defend consumers’ access to their data and fuels innovation in the fintech industry. Founders of the CFDR group includes leaders from Affirm, Betterment,… Read More

November 11, 2016 @ 8:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Smart Token Chain, a blockchain specialist in the fintech sector, announced on Thursday it completed its first full smart token transaction across the Ripple Network.The company reported Ripple gives it access to a wide range of partners and customers without having to establish a digital… Read More

November 1, 2016 @ 12:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

San Francisco fintech company, Ripple, announced on Tuesday it has appointed president and chief operating officer, Brad Garlinghouse, as its new CEO. Former CEO, Chris Larsen will be stepped down from the role to become executive chairman of the company’s board of director. Ripple reports… Read More

October 13, 2016 @ 2:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With the American people set to vote for their next President on November 8th, CEO of Ripple, Chris Larsen, revealed why the next leader of the country needs to consider putting fintech in their agenda. Larsen stated in a blog post on Thursday that while the… Read More

September 23, 2016 @ 3:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

San Francisco fintech company, Ripple, announced on Friday that six major have teamed up to launch a new blockchain network on distributed financial technology. Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Santander, UniCredit, Standard Chartered, Westpac Banking Corporation, and Royal Bank of Canada have teamed up to… Read More

September 15, 2016 @ 3:46 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, San Francisco fintech company, Ripple, announced it raised $55 million during its recent Series B Funding round. The company revealed new investors Standard Chartered, Accenture Ventures, SCB Digital Ventures, the venture arm of Siam Commercial Bank, and SBI Holdings contributed to the round along with… Read More

June 7, 2016 @ 1:30 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Volante Technologies Inc., a leader in the provision of software for the integration, processing and orchestration of financial messages and payments, working in collaboration with Ripple, today announced a solution specifically designed to accelerate the process of integrating with Ripple, a global provider of distributed financial… Read More

June 1, 2016 @ 10:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Last week the largest bank in the Eurozone by market capitalization, Santander, announced it had launched a new app to facilitate live international payments. While payments may not be super exciting (it is a big business though) the method as to how Santander is facilitating… Read More

August 11, 2015 @ 10:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, ShapeShift.io announced that it has integrated the Ethereum digital asset onto its instant exchange platform. Customers anywhere in the world can now buy or sell “ether” instantly along with Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ripple and several dozen other digital assets through ShapeShift.io. Erik Voorhees, ShapeShift’s CEO, shared: “Ethereum… Read More