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Thai Fintech DeeMoney Partners with Ripple for Cross Border Money Transfers
Thailand

Thai Fintech DeeMoney Partners with Ripple for Cross Border Money Transfers

DeeMoney, a fintech company based in Thailand specializing in digital cross-border money transfers, today announced its platform is now processing live transactions, in partnership with Ripple. DeeMoney is the first non-bank institution in Thailand to use RippleNet. As recent as

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Azimo and Ripple Teams Up for Cross Border Remittance to The Philippines
Philippines

Azimo and Ripple Teams Up for Cross Border Remittance to The Philippines

Azimo, a European based money transfer service, announced today that it has partnered with Ripple, the enterprise blockchain solution for global payments. Azimo has launched its first service using Ripple’s On-Demand Liquidity solution (ODL) to send faster and cheaper cross-border

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Thai’s Oldest Banks Teams up With Ripple For Remittance
Blockchain/Bitcoin Thailand

Thai’s Oldest Banks Teams up With Ripple For Remittance

Thailand’s oldest bank has partnered with Ripple to create SCB Easy—a mobile application that runs on Ripple to deliver instant, low-cost cross-border payments. Eight of the top ten countries using mobile payments can be found in Asia. According to a recent

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Ripple Partners SBI Remit to Launch Blockchain Remittance Between Japan and Vietnam
Remittance Vietnam

Ripple Partners SBI Remit to Launch Blockchain Remittance Between Japan and Vietnam

SBI Ripple Asia Co., Ltd. and SBI Remit Co., Ltd., an international money transfer service business operator announced that the companies have started the first Japan-Vietnam money transfer service in real currency utilizing DLT, with a Vietnamese bank, Tien Phong

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Philippine Based Crypto Startup PDAX Receives Funding Boost from BitMEX
Funding Philippines

Philippine Based Crypto Startup PDAX Receives Funding Boost from BitMEX

Philippines Digital Asset Exchange (PDAX), a locally based cryptocurrency exchange platform recently received an undisclosed sum of funding from BitMEX Ventures. This news follows a recent investment by Consensys into PDAX. According to BitMEX co-founder and CEO Arthur Hayes, they

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Philippines Approves 3 More Crypto Exchanges Amid Soaring Bitcoin Prices
Blockchain/Bitcoin Philippines

Philippines Approves 3 More Crypto Exchanges Amid Soaring Bitcoin Prices

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has green-lit another 3 cryptocurrency exchanges to operate in the Philippines. The new licensed firms include Bexpress Inc,  Coinville Phils Inc. and Aba Global Philippines Inc. This brings the total number of licensed cryptocurrency exchange in

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Ripple to Double Staff Strength in Singapore
Blockchain/Bitcoin

Ripple to Double Staff Strength in Singapore

According to a report by Business Times (paywall), Ripple will be doubling its staff strength from 12 to 24 this year. This is against the backdrop of an increased rate adoption by its customers from Asia including the likes of

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Ripple Backs Philippine-Focused Remittance Firm SendFriend in $1.7M Funding
Funding Philippines Remittance

Ripple Backs Philippine-Focused Remittance Firm SendFriend in $1.7M Funding

SendFriend, a Philippine-focused remittance market startup, has raised up to US$1.7 million capital in a venture round backed by blockchain giant Ripple also known as the cryptocurrency XRP. Other leading investors include the MIT Lab, Mastercard Foundation, Barclays, Techstars, Mahindra

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Ripple Selects Singapore as its Latest Partner for University Blockchain Initiative
Blockchain/Bitcoin Mobile Payments Remittance

Ripple Selects Singapore as its Latest Partner for University Blockchain Initiative

Ripple announced the latest group of partners to join its University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI), an initiative to accelerate academic research, technical development and innovation in related fields—blockchain, cryptocurrency and digital payments. UBRI aims to foster an increase in blockchain-based academic

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17 E-Wallets in The Philippines You Should Know
Mobile Payments Philippines

17 E-Wallets in The Philippines You Should Know

“A way to carry your money inside your cellphone”. This is perhaps the simplest meaning of an e-wallet as defined by Philippine-based mobile money service GCash. For the past few years, different companies such as telcos, banks, fintech startups, financial

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