Airwallex, a leading financial technology for modern businesses growing beyond borders announced the launch of its Airwallex Online Payment App on Shopify. The Airwallex is a Ripple user, it partnered with Ripple’s enterprise blockchain network, RippleNet, in 2017 to modernize international payments, leveraging the strength of blockchain.
Facts About Airwallex
The Airwallex Online Payment Apps is a payment gateway plugin that merchants can integrate into their online store to accept payments from their global customers.
The new app offers through the Airwallex payment covers a wide range of payment methods such as Visa, MasterCard, and UnionPay bank cards, and 30+ other local payment methods across the Asia-Pacific and Europe, such as GrabPay in Southeast Asia, WeChat Pay in APAC, and Bancontact and Sofort in Europe.
“We are excited that our online payment acceptance solution will now be available on Shopify, helping merchants create a seamless payment journey on their online store,” said Ravi Adusumilli, SVP of Partnerships at Airwallex.
He added “Our app is one of many offerings we have built to help merchants accept cross-border payments. In this case, by using an Airwallex account, merchants can gain secure access to a multitude of payment methods, both globally and locally, in a convenient, fast and affordable way possible.”
In another update, African-based Xago recently announced the launch of the British pound USD and circle’s USDC on its payment gateway and traded exchange development on the XRP Ledger, signifying expansion.
Ripple’s XRPL Labs announced the rollout of Hooks Builder
According to the WietseWind, a lead developer at the XRPL Labs, who designed Xumm, Ripple’s XRPL Labs, the software development firm behind the XRPL, has lately announced the rollout of Hooks Builder, a web-based development environment that allows developers to test, debug, and deploy Layer-1 smart contracts on the XRPL.
More also, he stated “One of the biggest things for the XRP Ledger (but I’m biased). Today the world can build “layer 1” smart contracts on the XRP Ledger, with our now published browser-based “Hooks Builder”, on our live “Hooks Testnet”. All the Hooks source code is now public + PR to rippled.”