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With the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) hash wars stealing the show in the crypto-verse for the last one week, we might have missed out on an important development in terms of blockchain technology. American Express, Santander and Ripple have teamed up to speed up cross-border payments in the US-UK financial corridor.
Ripple's has been using Ripple's xCurrent to power its One Pay FX payment platform that allows its retail customers in Spain, UK, Brazil and Poland to make instant cross-border payments. In the case of American Express, the credit card giant said that it was using the Money 20/20 event in Amsterdam earlier on in the year.
New Service to be Powered By RippleNet
Ripple's blockchain network of RippleNet, to ease payments between the US and the United Kingdom. Businesses on its FX International Payments (FXIP) to be routed via RippleNet to make instant traceable cross-border payments to U.K Santander bank accounts.
Marc Gordon, Executive VP and Chief Information Officer at American Express, had this to say about the new service:
This collaboration with Ripple and Santander is the next step forward on our blockchain journey, evolving the way we move money around the world.
Santander's Head of Global Transaction Banking, Jose Luis Calderon, added the following:
This blockchain solution opens up a new channel between the U.S. and the U.K. and presents significant opportunity for globally.
Ripple's Brad Garlinghouse was also optimistic about the new collaboration:
We are taking a huge step forward with American Express and Santander in solving problems. Transfers that will be completed in real-time, allowing money to move as fast as business today.
XRP To Come Into Play Later
Marcus Treacher, Global Head of Strategic Accounts at Ripple, stated in an interview with CNBC about the use of XRP in the future.
The XRP currency will come into play later on in the evolutionary dynamics and the other players.
It technology separated from the cryptocurrency or the token. I know what it means to be a bank or non-bank like AMEX can use
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