Ripple News

New York-based payment startup SendFriend, focused on the use of XRP tokens for international money transfers, closed a $ 1.7 million round of financing from Barclays Bank and fintech company Ripple, CoinDesk reports. Mastercard Foundation, MIT Media Lab, Techstars Incubator, Mahindra Finance, 2020 Ventures and 8 Decimal Capital also took part in the round. Note that SendFriend got into the business accelerator […]

The chief strategic director of Californian fintech startup Ripple Corey Johnson left the organization, reports The Block. “Last year, Corey successfully represented our company to investors, the press and regulators. However, in connection with the prevailing market conditions, a decision was made to abolish the position, ”the press service stressed. Note that Johnson also removed the mention of his position from his Twitter account. AT […]