Zand Bank & Mamo customers will be able to use Ripple Payments for cross-border transactions via crypto. Back in March this year, Ripple became the first blockchain payments provider authorised to operate in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), licensed by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA). At the time, Ripple said that it wishes to strategically place itself in UAE's ecosystem, especially at a time when the Middle East & Africa (MEA) region ranks among the world's most prepared for institutional crypto adoption.#Write2Earn