Western Union Already Tested Ripple (XRP) Technology

Global remittance leader Western Union (WU) once stirred the crypto industry by publicly exploring new settlement rails. Now, with social-media commentary resurfacing old evidence, the past engagement between WU and Ripple Labs (Ripple) demands fresh ￰0￱ to the recent X post by SMQKE, WU conducted advanced trials with Ripple ￰1￱ article examines the facts, timelines, and implications — clarifying what the tests show and what they do ￰2￱ Pilot Engagement In April 2015, Ripple announced via social channels that it was “working with Western Union on a pilot to provide infrastructure for real-time settlement.” Professional media confirmed WU was “exploring a pilot program” with Ripple’s distributed-ledger ￰3￱ itself described the initiative as “too early to discuss” in April 2015.

Thus, from 2015, the relationship between WU and Ripple entered the public domain — albeit as exploratory rather than committed. Yes, Western Union has already conducted advanced trials using Ripple’s ￰4￱ course it’s ￰5￱ — SMQKE (@SMQKEDQG) October 29, 2025 Testing Phase and Outcomes By 2018, WU had publicly confirmed tests involving Ripple’s platform and the XRP-based product ￰6￱ CEO Hikmet Ersek commented that they “do have some tests with Ripple.” In the same year, he said the pilot was still too small to generate cost savings and labelled the technology “still too expensive”. Reports indicated that only about ten transfers between USD and Mexican pesos were ￰7￱ organization released further details on scale, cost metrics, or ￰8￱ No Long-Term Adoption Despite the existence of trials, Western Union did not transition to full-scale adoption of Ripple’s ￰9￱ company stated publicly that the pilot “concluded several years ago” and that there is no ongoing ￰10￱ reasons cited include legacy cost structures, insufficient volume to unlock economies of scale, and operational complexity of integrating new ￰11￱ distinction between “tested” and “implemented” remains ￰12￱ are on X, follow us to connect with us :- @TimesTabloid1 — TimesTabloid (@TimesTabloid1) June 15, 2025 Significance of SMQKE’s Post SMQKE’s X-post underscores that Western Union truly engaged in advanced trials with Ripple’s technology — a fact corroborated by multiple independent media reports.