Ripple Teams Up With Mastercard to Shape the Future of Payments
Ripple’s Senior Executive Officer for the Middle East & Africa, Reece Merrick, used his Binance Blockchain Week stage appearance to outline a strategic collaboration with Mastercard aimed at evolving modern payment rails. Merrick highlighted how XRP, paired with RLUSD on the XRP Ledger, can streamline value transfer across networks by offering faster settlement options and on-ledger liquidity. The move signals growing engagement between crypto infrastructure firms and established card networks, potentially easing merchant on-ramps and cross-border flows. While technical rollout and regulatory alignment remain necessary steps, the partnership underscores the industry’s push to blend crypto-native rails with traditional payments, with XRP listed as the primary ticker tied to the initiative.