Ripple is among a few lists of cryptocurrency companies to partner with a traditional financial institution.
RippleNet Blockchain network is one of the most revolutionary Blockchains with solutions that include cross-border payments, instant transaction settlement and bi-directional messaging. BankDhofar is the first Oman based traditional bank to partner with a cryptocurrency company to add to its portfolio of over 100 banks and financial institutions that are already on the RippleNet.
In an announcement, BankDhofar’s Chief Information Officer Dr Tariq Taha said that the bank is pleased to be
“the first bank in Oman to join and access more than 100 of its member banks and other financial institutions utilizing Blockchain for instant payments”
Although the partnership is coming after a year of the bank’s decision to join Ripple in respect to fulfilling the bank’s objectives of pushing for satisfaction and improving overall efficiency most especially to customers with overseas remittances.
The bank also focuses on providing a more transparent mode of transaction and friction-less cross-border money transfer using the Ripple Blockchain.
In addition, Taha said that the bank will also enable ‘end to end visibility over the journey of the payment’ as one of its initiatives of improving customer experience.
The aim of this new partnership, BankDhofar is looking to become one of the best leading banks in the Gulf area as it strives to innovate and create a variety of services and products that are tailored to their customers.
The Ripple partnership was a strategic move as xCurrent (an end to end payment tracking software) and xRapid (a real-time liquidity provider for international transactions using the XRP token) which is set to be used by the global money transfer platform, Western Union, is one of the services BankDhofar stand to benefit from.
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