RippleNet Expansion Coming In 2020

Ripple has announced a massive expansion plan for 2020, which will cover the Asian Pacific region, Europe, The Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. Where isn’t Ripple going to be? I am sure Moneygram will be playing a massive role in all of this.

ODL first launched offering payment corridors in Mexico and the Philippines. Corridors have since expanded to Australia, with Brazil coming soon. Plans for additional corridors across APAC, EMEA and LATAM are in progress for 2020.

As of now, we are looking at 3 corridors being live:

Mexico
Philippines
Australia

We have a 4th opening up by the end of the year – Brazil.

Now let’s examine the 3 regions of the world that Ripple has told us they will be expanding to.

APAC – Asia Pacific
EMEA – Europe/Middle East/Africa
LATAM – Latin America

Ripple is expanding to cover the entire globe as seen from these 3 regions of the world. 2020 is lining up to be a massive year if there are no delays.

APAC (Asia Pacific) includes 28 different countries:

Southeast Asia

Brunei
Cambodia
East Timor
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Vietnam

East Asia

China Hong Kong Macau
Taiwan
Japan
Mongolia
North Korea
South Korea

Polynesia

American Samoa
French Polynesia
Pitcairn Islands
Samoa
Tonga
Tuvalu
Wallis and Futuna

Australia

Australia Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Norfolk Island

Zealandia

New Zealand Cook Islands Niue Tokelau

Melanesia

Fiji
New Caledonia
Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands
Vanuatu

Micronesia

Federated States of Micronesia
Guam
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Nauru
Northern Mariana Islands
Palau
Wake Island

South Asia

Bangladesh
Bhutan
British Indian Ocean Territory
India
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka

EMEA is a shorthand designation meaning Europe, the Middle East and Africa. This list is massive so we are going to sum it up. This region includes all of the countries found on the continents of Africa and Europe, as well as the countries that make up the Middle East.

Finally, we have LATAM. As you may have guessed LATAM refers to Latin America. Latin America has 20 sovereign states and several territories, comprising nearly 13% of the Earth’s total land surface area.

LATAM

Brazil
Mexico
Colombia
Argentina
Peru
Venezuela
Chile
Guatemala
Ecuador
Cuba
Bolivia
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Honduras
Paraguay
El Salvador
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Panama
Puerto Rico
Uruguay
Guadeloupe
Martinique
French Guiana
Saint Martin
Saint Barthélemy