[Updated] XRP WASN'T Snubbed by MAS. Ripple’s XRP Faces Yet Another Blow from Major Banking Institution

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), which is known as the country’s operating central bank, will not end up on the constantly growing list of financial technology that teamed up with payment network Ripple. As Cointelegraph reports, MAS doesn’t see much potential in Ripple’s technology.

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The above-mentioned announcement generated a lot of buzz in the crypto community since it is clear that central banks and major financial institutions now rely on blockchain to ensure interoperability. Ripple could greatly benefit from this new trend given that its payment network RippleNet has already surpassed 200 high-profile customers. However, MAS is not interested in Ripple’s native token, XRP.

One thing which has been very compelling for us is the whole efficiency gain coming to cross-border payments. We don’t see much in the Ripple bank digital currency, but definitely still a lot of hope that we can remove a lot of inefficiencies […] when it comes to cross-border payments,” said Sopnendu Mohanty, chief fintech officer at MAS, during MIT’s 2019 Business of Blockchain event that took place on May 2.
 

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