Ripple expands to Portugal with Unicâmbio partnership
- Ripple and Portuguese currency exchange platform Unicâmbio have partnered.
- The collaboration will enable cross-border payments for users in the Portugal-Brazil payments corridor
Ripples growth has a new milestone with the digital asset infrastructure giants expansion to Portugal.
On Feb. 10, Ripple announced it had partnered with Unicâmbio,a Portugal-based currency exchange provider, to bring Ripple Payments to the country.
This pioneering collaboration will see Unicâmbio enable cross-border payments for users. It will allow for faster, cheaper and efficient cross-border payments between users in Portugal and Brazil.
Transforming cross-border payments in Latin America
Per a press release, Ripple said the partnership expands its footprint in Europe. However, more than that, it strengthens the companys impact on payments in the Portugal-Brazil corridor.
Our partnership with Unicâmbio is a significant milestone in Ripples European expansion. Portugal has developed a thriving crypto ecosystem so we are delighted to open up our payments solution to partners there, Cassie Craddock,Ripples managing director of UK & Europe, said in a statement.
Commenting on the latest partnership Unicâmbio.executive board member Adriana Jerónimo said:
Portugal and Brazil share deep economic and cultural ties, with significant money flows between the two countries. By leveraging blockchain technology were transforming money movement between the two nations.
Unicâmbios corporate customers will leverage Ripple Payments for instant transfers and settlements.
Ripples traction in Brazil and the Latin America region includes partnerships with Travelex Bank and Mercado Bitcoin, a major Latin America crypto exchange provider. Apart from South America, Ripple has a growing presence in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Asia Pacific.
The companys growth is down to its offering of the XRP cryptocurrency, XRP Ledger network and the Ripple USD (RLUSD) stablecoin.
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