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Ripple CEO Hits Out at Reports Claiming Firm Is Pivoting From Interbank Payments

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Aug 14, 2020 at 09:41 UTCUpdated Aug 14, 2020 at 14:00 UTC

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Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse (Zack Seward/CoinDesk archives)

The CEO of Ripple has firmly criticized the Financial Times for saying his company was moving away from wholesale cross-border payments.

  • On Twitter late Thursday, CEO Brad Garlinghouse said, “Ripple has absolutely no plans to ‘reset’ our strategy” and that banks around the world were already using the XRP token as a cross-border payment solution.
  • The FT reported Thursday that Ripple was ditching its solely bank-focused strategy for a more diversified approach – a platform offering payment services for financial institutions and everyday consumers.
  • Quoting Garlinghouse, the FT said Ripple would use its XRP token hoard to create whole new use cases and become the “Amazon of the cryptocurrency world.”
  • Ripple’s primary aim has been its blockchain interbank settlement layer, which makes cross-border transactions cheaper and faster than traditional wire transfers. Clients can optionally convert fiat currencies into XRP.
  • But the FT said Ripple’s biggest partner, the Spanish bank Santander, recently decided against using XRP for its cross-border solution, supposedly because it wasn’t sufficiently traded in some of its key markets.
  • CoinDesk approached Ripple for comment but hadn’t received a response by press time.

See also: Goldman Sachs Sells $6.5M of Shares in Ripple Partner MoneyGram: SEC Filing

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