ブロックチェーンがテクノロジーとして人気を博しているが、この技術を実際に活用して銀行間決済に利用しようというのがRippleの提供するサービスだ。各銀行はこのネットワークに参加することで低コスト、低遅延での取引が利用できる。自前でブロックチェーンネットワークを利用するのと異なり、更新作業などに煩わされることはないのが、銀行にとってのもう一つのメリットだろう。
参考：Business Insider
San Francisco blockchain payments company Ripple has raised $55 million (£41.7 million) from a host of major financials.
The startup raised the so-called “Series B” round — its second major injection of institutional cash — from emerging market’s focused bank Standard Chartered, consultancy Accenture, and SCB Digital Ventures, the venture arm of Siam Commercial Bank. Existing investors Santander Innoventures and CME Group also took part.
Marcus Treacher, Ripple’s global head of strategic accounts, told Business Insider: “Accenture has been very close to the company for several years now. Their investment is a major endorsement of what we do.
“The other one is Standard Chartered, they’re a big user of Ripple and their transaction banking team is very clued up on Ripple. They’re putting a lot of money into the company and doing this from a position of trust and know how rather than hope.”
