Ripple is expanding Ripple Payments into a full-stack infrastructure that lets businesses collect, hold, exchange, and payout in both fiat currencies and stablecoins through a single provider. The upgrade, powered by acquisitions Palisade and Rail, consolidates custody, treasury automation, virtual accounts, conversion, and settlement into one integrated system for cross-border payments. Businesses can now manage fiat and stablecoin inflows and outflows through a single provider, removing the need to stitch together multiple vendors for custody, collections, conversion, and settlement.
The two acquisitions expand the platform’s capabilities: Palisade handles custody and treasury automation to enable wallets at scale and sweep funds into operational accounts, while Rail provides named virtual accounts that automate conversion and settlement for stablecoin pay-ins. Together, the update means a fintech doing cross-border payouts can use one integration instead of managing several providers for custody, FX, liquidity, and local rails.
“For the global financial system to evolve, fintechs and financial institutions need infrastructure that treats digital assets with the same rigor as traditional finance,” said Monica Long, Ripple president, in a prepared statement. Ripple says the platform has now processed more than $100 billion in total volume. The broader context shows stablecoin adoption accelerating across the financial system, with global annual volumes reaching $33 trillion last year and stablecoins accounting for 30% of on-chain transaction volume. XRP has been under pressure, but the payments business remains largely independent, suggesting enterprise adoption is gaining traction regardless of spot-market moves.
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