Bahrain: UAE Exchange, a leading global money transfer, foreign exchange and payment solutions brand, announced it has partnered with San Francisco-based Ripple to enable instant, seamless and real-time cross-border payments. This makes UAE Exchange the largest payment solutions provider in the Middle East to use Ripple’s blockchain technology to process payments globally in real time.
Through this partnership, UAE Exchange joins RippleNet, Ripple’s enterprise blockchain network with over 100-member banks and financial institutions. Leveraging the strengths of Ripple’s leading enterprise blockchain solution for payments, which provides real-time messaging, clearing and settlement of financial transactions for global banking and payment partners, UAE Exchange will be able to offer an enhanced innovative payment experience for customers, including competitive rates, speed, transparency and efficiency.
“Our growth strategy has always been, and continues to be, driven by our customer-centric approach. Incorporating Ripple’s blockchain technology into our payments systems will bring customers an enhanced, new payments experience,” Promoth Manghat, Chief Executive Officer of UAE Exchange Group, said.
“The early adoption of this game-changing technology allows us to offer a competitive service, as it will have an impact on the speed and cost of cross-border transactions. We are proud to deliver the future of payments with Ripple.”
With multiple investments in various fintech and digital payments companies, UAE Exchange is focused on collaborating with technology specialists, start-ups, industry partners and the academia to seek out opportunities that deliver seamless and positive customer experiences through the brand’s portfolio of digital assets and services.
