Ripple’s partnership of notable Middle East financial exchange United Arab Emirates-based Finablr’s UAE Exchange will finally launch blockchain powered cross-border remittances in Q1 of 2019.
The first region it will allow the remittances to flow to will be the highly populated Asia. Asia was noted as the highest recipient of US$613 billion from remittances last year, 2017. Most of these remittances have been from the expatriate workers who work in the Middle East notably the UAE.
Blockchain powered remittances are seen to be advantageous given the cheaper transaction costs and faster movement of transfers. The overall efficiency, especially with a Blockchain service like Ripple, ensures an overall better service than traditionally slow and expensive remittances.
Promoth Manghat, the Executive Director and Chief Executive at Finablr highlighted the plan of action stating, “Blockchain holds tremendous promise for the industry, but there is progress to be made before we see it go fully mainstream.”
He continued saying,
“We expect to go live with Ripple by Q1, 2019 with one or two Asian banks. This is for remittances to start with, from across the globe into Asia.”
It will utilize RippleNet which already consists of 100 financial institutions.
Finablr’s UAE Exchange joins other Middle East-based financial institutions such as National Bank of Ras Al Khaimah (RAKBANK) and Kuwait Finance House in utilizing Ripple’s technology for cross-border transactions.
Finablr is hoping to enable RippleNet to increase its share in the global remittance industry to more than 10% by 2020.
Ripple’s partnerships are bound to continue in 2019, with an increasing highlight on how Blockchain can help power cross-border transactions.
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