Ripple Buys 40 Percent Of Tranglo Shares

Ripple has announced that it will acquire a 40 percent stake in Tranglo, one of Asia's largest payment companies. XRP usage is expected to increase through On-Demand Liquidity (ODL).

#Ripple has reached a deal with #Malaysian-based #Tranglo to strengthen its position in Asia. Since its inception, Tranglo has brokered more than 20 million transactions with a total value of over $ 4 billion.

Ripple hired Brooks Entwistle, a former director of Goldman Sachs, to lead operations in the region this month .

🚀Will begin to use payment channels
Tranglo is planned to use #RippleNet channels established in countries such as the #Philippines. Ripple stated that international money transfers can be made "faster, at a lower cost and in a more secure way" thanks to these channels .

Stating that they will use #ODL in different countries, Tranglo CEO Jacky Lee aims to reach "large masses" by this means .

The agreement between the parties has not yet been approved by regulators. Ripple has announced that if the approval is received, Ripple executives Amir Sarhangi and Brooks Entwistle will join Tranglo's board.

XRP price, which rose 4.06% in the last 24 hours, rose to $ 0.57438 at the time of writing