October 14th 2026, 6:40 PM
Ripple Expands into Trillion-Dollar Markets with New Brokerage and South Korean Deals
Key Summary
Ripple announces partnerships with DriveWealth and Meritz Securities to extend its services into stock-market settlement and securities tokenization, deepening its expansion into traditional capital markets and positioning itself for the introduction of regulated tokenized securities in South Korea.
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Introduction
The partnerships extend Ripple's infrastructure into stock-market settlement and securities tokenization, although commercial deployments remain at different stages.DriveWealth Agreement
DriveWealth, which provides investment infrastructure to more than 100 partners worldwide, plans to integrate Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin into European settlement operations, with potential expansion into the US.Meritz Securities Partnership
Ripple's separate agreement with Meritz Securities extends that capital-markets strategy into South Korea, where financial institutions are preparing for the introduction of regulated tokenized securities.The agreements deepen Ripple's expansion beyond cross-border payments into traditional capital markets, where financial institutions are exploring blockchain technology to reduce settlement delays, manage collateral and tokenize financial assets.
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