India's Federal Bank, a commercial private bank, has partnered with Ripple to use its network for cross-border remittances.
The bank announced the development in a letter on March 28.The partnership with Ripple comes as part of a wider initiative to apply new technologies to the bank's remittances network.
Also on March 28, Federal Bank launched two remittance platforms in the United Arab Emirates for making payments to India.
One of the platforms will purportedly allow non-resident Indians in the UAE to send money through exchange houses and banks using the Virtual Payment Address of the recipient.
Federal Bank, which netted $1.5 billion in revenue in 2018, reportedly controls 15 percent of the Indian remittances market and is exploring how new technologies like blockchain could help increase its share of business.
Federal Bank CEO Shyam Srinivasan told Gulf News:."Federal Bank is an important part of the remittance eco-system to India it is only natural for us to offer the latest technology to our customers and remittance partners such as exchange houses and banks."
The bank stated that Ripple "Ensures [that] cross-border transactions [are] much safer and secured."
Ripple has been gaining traction as banks worldwide consider whether the network could help improve their cross-border payments services.
In February, Oman's second largest bank by market value, BankDhofar, began using RippleNet technology for cross-border payments to India.
The public outcry follows a ban from the Reserve Bank of India last year, when RBI ordered financial institutions to stop dealing with cryptocurrency businesses.
Major Private Indian Bank Partners With Ripple for Cross-Border Remittances
Published on Mar 29, 2019
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