MassPay teaming up with Ripple and their joint work with VISA Direct shows how the payments industry is increasingly merging blockchain settlements with the well-established card networks. It also signals a bigger picture trend: financial technology companies are able to utilize the traditional payment methods without having Visa itself directly work with Ripple, in the same way that other record labels stay indirectly connected through their middlemen.
MassPay + Ripple Partnership
The collaboration between MassPay and Ripple, a blockchain-based payment network, opens a way for cross-border payments using a distributed ledger. The framework created by Ripple for instant settlements, managing of liquidity and foreign exchange conversions, can cater to various scenarios, including remittances and spending by the treasury. Payment orchestrators who decide to use blockchain technology for settlement can see their difficulties in reconciliation reduced and transparency improved thanks to the on-chain audit trail.
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Partnering with VISA Direct to Expand Operations Globally
This platform has been linked up with VISA Direct, the card network’s instant transfer service. Using VISA Direct, money can be sent to eligible cards and accounts within seconds in supported regions, thereby boosting the availability of payouts without the necessity of establishing exclusive banking relationships in every market.
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Secondary Connections and Their Implications on the Market
This arrangement gives regulated entities the flexibility and allows them to be in line with compliance, but at the same time, it leads to concerns about custody, counterparty risk, and data privacy when there are multiple intermediaries involved.
Like other famous brands, VISA’s connection to blockchain networks is indirect, through partners and not direct protocol integration. For the digital asset market, working through an indirect connection can be seen as an endorsement of hybrid models where decentralized infrastructures are combined with traditional payment systems.
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