Electric Car Maker Taps RLUSD For Payments As XRP Strategy Unfolds

VivoPower International’s electric-vehicle arm, Tembo, will start accepting Ripple USD (RLUSD) for payments, a move that could change how the company handles cross-border deals, a press release ￰0￱ to the company, the stablecoin will be used to speed up payments and cut the fees usually tied to bank ￰1￱ Adopts RLUSD For Global Payments Tembo serves clients in mining, agriculture, military, construction and humanitarian ￰2￱ of those customers are in developing regions where bank transfers are slow and ￰3￱ on reports, RLUSD can move value near-instantly across borders and at a fraction of the cost of traditional ￰4￱ is the main reason VivoPower gave for the ￰5￱ Vehicles And The Services Around Them Tembo builds electric utility vehicles designed for both on-road and tough off-road ￰6￱ fleet is aimed at jobs where reliability matters more than style.

Charging, financing, battery swaps and even microgrids are offered alongside the ￰7￱ services are now available to be paid for in RLUSD, which could make transactions simpler for local dealers and international buyers alike. $VVPR – VivoPower’s Tembo to Accept Ripple USD (RLUSD) Stablecoin for Payments Partners with Doppler Finance for Institutional XRP and RLUSD Yield Programs: Maximizing Returns on Crypto Treasury Strategy Low Float/ OS near 4.5M shares 1.1% PreM/ $5.02 ￰8￱ — John Zidar aka/ Stock Wizard (@JohnZidar) September 8, 2025 Ripple Partnerships And Market Moves Reports have disclosed that RLUSD’s market capitalization rose roughly 10-fold since ￰9￱ has been extending RLUSD’s reach through tie-ups with firms such as Chipper Cash, Yellow Card and VARL, and it recently rolled RLUSD into the Horizon RWA market owned by ￰10￱ moves are being watched closely by firms that handle cross-border ￰11￱ in Africa, parts of Southeast-Asia and the Middle East is reported to be growing.

VivoPower’s Broader XRP Strategy VivoPower has been clear that this is more than a single payment ￰12￱ company said it is shaping itself into what it calls an XRP-focused digital asset ￰13￱ in XRP and equity in Ripple Labs are being added to the corporate ￰14￱ of those assets are being held for treasury ￰15￱ parts are planned to support decentralized finance infrastructure and real-world blockchain use cases connected to Tembo’s ￰16￱ For Treasury, Liquidity And Local Markets Market observers have pointed to links with institutional sponsors like Doppler Finance, suggesting RLUSD could play roles beyond payments — for liquidity management and corporate treasury ￰17￱ that happens, the stablecoin may be used as a bridge between fiat rails and DeFi tools in places where traditional banking is ￰18￱ and partners in regions where Tembo operates could see faster settlements and fewer conversion ￰19￱ image from Westend61/Getty Images, chart from TradingView