RIPPLE (XRP) ANALYST REPORT

whitePaper | April 30, 2022

As the demand for real-time payments grows, so does the need for financial institutions (FIs) to offer more robust access to faster and more efficient payments. The Clearing House’s (TCH’s) RTP network laid a solid foundation for use cases and connectivity protocols, but some FIs have been waiting for FedNow before deciding how to move forward. FedNow is finally about to launch.

whitePaper | June 28, 2023

Central banks have different motivations for exploring or developing central bank digital currency (CBDC), and the demand for improved domestic and cross-border payment rails differs across jurisdictions. To help central banks in the planning and development of their CBDCs and to make sure that interoperable functionalities are considered in time, the central bank community should take steps at the beginning of the design process to include these considerations. Although this paper does not take a stance on the choice to issue a CBDC, it considers interoperability in a global future state where a CBDC may exist.

whitePaper | February 1, 2020

Traditional financial services firms around the globe — banks, insurers and asset managers — need to embrace both digital transformation and data privacy simultaneously to thrive in the coming decade. These two objectives are deeply intertwined because the success of digital transformation programs is highly dependent on an organization’s ability to engage with personal data, including data privacy compliance and ethics issues.

whitePaper | October 1, 2022

In today's economic scenario, whatever key business purpose and strategy your company emphasizes; customer intimacy, technology optimization, cost optimization or disruptive innovation; workplace practices must reflect and actively drive behaviours to deliver on that purpose, strategy and your corresponding market positioning. Unless the two are integrated, financial institutions will realise that they are putting their businesses at high risk. Some of the risks that are specific to this sector include misaligned business processes, insecure work environment and information silos which affect both processes and information security. This whitepaper outlines the impact of technology failure and its crippling impact on a financial organization and how technology can help reduce risk, be more cost effective and provide strategic value.

whitePaper | August 8, 2022

Technological and social change have led to decreased reliance on both physical cash and traditional bank branches. While cash accounted for 45% of all payments in 2015, five years later it was used in only 17% of transactions in the UK. The coronavirus pandemic reinforced this tendency. Similarly, the number of bank and building society branches in the UK fell by about 34% between 2012 and 2021.

whitePaper | December 13, 2019

Capital markets firms today need to do more with fewer resources, which is in part because of the changing dynamic between the buy side and sell side. These firms are turning to digital transformation, realizing in this regulatory landscape that it’s the best way to transform their business while saving time and money.