Ripple expands payments platform into end-to-end stablecoin infrastructure as processed volume tops $100 billion

The company added managed custody, virtual account collections, and fiat-to-stablecoin settlement capabilities, positioning itself as a single provider for enterprise digital asset payments across 60 markets.

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What to know:

• Ripple is expanding Ripple Payments into a full-stack infrastructure platform that lets businesses collect, hold, exchange and pay out in both fiat currencies and stablecoins through a single provider.
• The new capabilities, powered by recent acquisitions Palisade and Rail, consolidate custody, treasury automation, virtual accounts, conversion and settlement into one integrated system for cross-border payments.
• Ripple says the platform has processed more than $100 billion in volume amid surging stablecoin adoption, even as XRP's price remains under pressure and largely separate from the payments business.

Ripple is no longer just moving money. It wants to be the entire pipe.

The company shared with CoinDesk on Wednesday a press release that outlines a major expansion of Ripple Payments which turns the platform into a full-stack infrastructure layer for fiat and stablecoin money movement.

Businesses can now collect, hold, exchange, and pay out in both traditional currencies and stablecoins through a single provider, rather than stitching together separate vendors for custody, collections, conversion, and settlement.

The new capabilities come from two recent acquisitions. Palisade, which handles custody and treasury automation, powers the managed custody layer that lets businesses provision wallets at scale and sweep funds into operational accounts.

Rail, a virtual accounts and collections platform, enables businesses to accept fiat and stablecoin pay-ins through named virtual accounts with automated conversion and settlement.

The result is that a fintech doing cross-border payouts no longer needs one provider for custody, another for foreign exchange, a third for stablecoin liquidity, and a fourth for local payout rails. Ripple is consolidating all of that into one platform with one integration.

"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, president at Ripple, said in a prepared statement. "Ripple has built the blueprint for blockchain-based enterprise solutions designed to operate at global scale for regulated finance."

Meanwhile, Ripple said the platform has now processed more than $100 billion in total volume. That milestone lands against a broader backdrop of stablecoin adoption accelerating across the financial system, with global annual transaction volumes reaching $33 trillion last year and stablecoins now accounting for 30% of all onchain transaction volume.

The expansion comes at an interesting time for Ripple specifically.

XRP has been under pressure, down roughly 5% over the past week, according to CoinDesk market data, amid the broader market sell-off driven by the U.S.-Iran conflict.

But the payments business operates largely independently of the token's price, and the institutional adoption trajectory suggests Ripple's enterprise strategy is gaining traction regardless of what the spot market does.

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