{"id":38738,"date":"2019-04-03T13:15:56","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T11:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethereumworldnews.com\/?p=38738"},"modified":"2019-04-20T17:48:59","modified_gmt":"2019-04-20T15:48:59","slug":"ripples-xrapid-saved-a-client-30k-says-mercury-fx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethereumworldnews.com\/ripples-xrapid-saved-a-client-30k-says-mercury-fx\/","title":{"rendered":"Ripple’s xRapid Saved a Client $30k Says Mercury FX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ripple has one main priority; to\nreplace SWIFT as the dominant cross-border payment system by offering\ntransactions that are faster with reduced fees. They have rolled out products\nover the years geared towards achieving that, and one of such products is the\nxRapid. The product has now saved a client a whopping $30,000 in a recent\ntransaction in Australia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

xRapid Saves Client Huge Sum During House Sale<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

xRapid<\/a> is a product designed by Ripple for\npayment providers and other financial entities that wish to reduce liquidity\ncost while also improving their customer experience. The product makes use of\nXRP cryptocurrency which helps reduces transaction costs while allowing\npayments to happen at real-time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The product has performed its\nfunction excellently over the past few months, and it has recently saved a\nclient of Mercury FX a large sum of money. According to a tweet by the company\nthat helps people move funds around the world, the use of xRapid made it\npossible for the client to save such amount.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe just saved a client 30k on moving the cash from selling his house in Australia to the UK. That’s a huge saving compared to what he’d get from the banks – and goes a long way toward paying Stamp Duty on a house here! #yourewelcome<\/em>,\u201d Mercury FX tweeted<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The client sold his house in\nAustralia and sent the funds to the UK. By making use of xRapid, Mercury FX was\nable to save their customers $30,000, a vast sum of money that would have gone\nto charges under the traditional cross-border payment system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read: <\/em><\/strong>BitStamp, Coins.ph and Bitso Ripple (XRP) Transaction\nVolumes Spike, But Why Are Prices Stagnant?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cryptocurrency enthusiasts on Twitter\nwere impressed by the results achieved by Mercury FX all thanks to xRapid.\nWhile some were doubtful about the whole scenario, most users are hopeful that\nmore financial institutions would start using XRP and this would lead to\nmassive adoption of the cryptocurrency. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s Hype Around xRapid, And It Is Deserved<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is so much hype around xRapid\nby Ripple and XRP enthusiasts and following this latest development, and it was\nclear to see why. There have been concerns in some corners a few months ago\nthat the product could not live up to its bidding. However, it has performed\nexcellently since it was launch a few months ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple,\nstated<\/a> that just a few months ago, the media had cast doubt about XRP, claiming\nthat no one would use it. However, the situation has changed today as more\npeople are starting to use xRapid due to its features and this product is being\nused with XRP. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

xRapid is now being used by a large\nnumber of banks and financial institutions all over the world including Mercury\nFX, Cuallix, Catalyst Corporate Federal Credit Union, IDT, London-based Euro\nExim Bank, SBI Holdings, SendFriend, MoneyGram, Cambridge FX, Western Union,\nViamericas, Transpaygo, and so many others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also Read:<\/em><\/strong> <\/em>Ripple and xRapid Praised by the World Bank in Recent\nArticle<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

All these financial institutions make use of the product alongside XRP coin, a point that was made about it and this could help drive adoption of the cryptocurrency in the long run. Garlinghouse was confident that by the end of 2018, major banks across the globe would be using xRapid due to the features it has to offer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBy the end of this year, I have confidence that major banks will use xRapid as a liquidity tool, this calendar year. By the end of next year, I would certainly hope we would see in the order of magnitude of dozens.<\/em>\u201d–Brad Garlinghouse<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The IMF chief had already advised\nbanks to adopt technologies such as these to ensure that they provide better\nservices to their customers. The US Federal Reserve is also in contact with\nRipple regarding using its product to carry out transactions. From all\nindications, Garlinghouse could be right about the future of xRapid. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ripple\u2019s xRapid has saved a client $30,000 following the sale of his house in Australia and the transfer of funds to the UK, a testament of the excellent features of the product. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":38740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6491,1234,6957],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38738"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}