• SCB’s partnership with Ripple showcases the transformative potential of blockchain technology in the financial sector, particularly in enhancing cross-border payment services.
• Through this collaboration, SCB has achieved a substantial increase in transaction volume and efficiency, underscoring Ripple’s growing influence in the Asian financial landscape.

In a significant development, Ripple’s cross-border payment solution has empowered SCB Thailand to advance innovation by facilitating instant cross-border remittances.

The incorporation of Ripple’s technology into SCB’s esteemed SCB Easy mobile banking app presents customers with a significant benefit: near-instantaneous international money transfers without any charges. This marks a substantial improvement over conventional banking methods, which frequently entail fees and prolonged transaction durations. Impressively, this enhanced remittance service provided by SCB caters to approximately 16,000 customers.

For SCB, this further translates to a remarkable processing time of just one minute, facilitating approximately 80,000 monthly transactions, and enabling a monthly peer-to-peer remittance settlement volume of $400 million.

The collaboration underscores Ripple’s growing presence in the Asian financial sector and showcases the tangible impact of blockchain technology in revolutionizing banking procedures. It further underscores the potential for vastly enhanced customer interactions in an industry frequently encumbered by intricate protocols. Speaking on the development, Thanawatn Kittisuwan, the head of Global transactions banking services at SCB stated:

Working with Ripple we could obtain a very low remittance fee with timely and high-speed remittances for our customers.

SCB’s Digital Banking Revolution: Partnering with Ripple

In a landmark development, Siam Commercial Bank (SCB), Thailand’s leading financial institution, has spearheaded a digital banking revolution that has propelled the country to the forefront of global mobile banking usage. As the largest bank in Thailand by market capitalization, SCB has been at the forefront of innovation, offering customers real-time, 24/7 service clearing directly to their bank accounts.

The latest stride in SCB’s digital journey involves a strategic partnership with Ripple, a leading provider of blockchain-based cross-border payment solutions. By leveraging Ripple’s technology, SCB also aims to revolutionize cross-border remittances by providing real-time transactions.

Moreover, with its integration with RippleNet, a global network comprising over 300 interconnected banking partners, SCB has significantly enhanced its cross-border payment capabilities.

In 2020 alone, SCB witnessed an extraordinary surge in transaction volume, completing over half a million transactions on RippleNet, thus marking a remarkable 335% increase in volume year over year. As part of its collaboration with Ripple, SCB has introduced the SCB Easy app, powered by Ripple, enabling customers to make instant, cost-effective payments to their family and friends residing outside Thailand.

Ripple’s cross-border payment solution also empowers SCB to seamlessly connect with partners worldwide, thereby enabling the bank to offer its customers swift, economical cross-border payment services.

Along with the Asian market, Ripple is also expanding its footprint into Africa, per the Crypto News Flash report.