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Topic: Coinone To Use Ripple (XRP) xCurrent For Remittance Across Asia (Read 91 times)

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Ripple were looking to venture this sector and coinone is a good choice as south korea is one of the largest remittance provider. But the real problem lies in utilizing the Ripple in the destination countries as most of the remittance receiving countries are third world countries and are mostly hostile to cryptocurrencies. Philippines is an exception.
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Korea’s Coinone Transfer has joined firms interested in using RippleNet, making the number of fintechs interested in the technology soared.

Coinone Transfer is a remittance firm and a subsidiary of Coinone. The firm will be using one of Ripple’s use case, xCurrent, a dependable blockchain idea purposely invented for cross-border payments and settlement. The move will make Coinone the first digital asset exchange deploying the power of RippleNet in the whole of South Korea.

A statement by Ripple indicates that Coinone, a leader in the digital asset industry in Korea, will deploy xCurrent starting from June to power the unveiling of a new remittance service branded as “Cross” purposely for Coinone Transfer to answer the yens of retail customers who clamour for faster and cheaper payments in South Asian enclave.

Ripple said in a statement, added that “xCurrent allows for payments of any size to move quickly, transparently and at low cost across borders making it ideal for the volume and smaller size of remittance payments”.

“As one of the largest exchanges in the country, it handles over $97 million in transactions per day. The company also understands that underlying blockchain technology has further applications, particularly for cross-border payments.”

Speaking on the development, Wonhee Shin, CEO of Coinone Transfer, “We are proud to be the first digital exchange in Korea to join RippleNet and implement Ripple’s xCurrent solution”.

“Ripple’s xCurrent solution will revolutionize the lives of our customers by providing them with a real-time, low-cost global remittance service.”

In the same line, Ripple has shown-off happiness, positing that with xCurrent, fintechs have the advantage to satisfy customers and ward off seemingly unavoidable problems for their customers.
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