DriveWealth, a global brokerage-as-a-service platform, and Ripple, a blockchain solutions provider, announced a partnership on October 14, 2026, to modernize settlement and fund movement across DriveWealth’s investing infrastructure. The collaboration integrates stablecoins, payments, custody, and equity financing capabilities to address inefficiencies in cross-border capital transfers, where U.S. equities now settle on a T+1 basis while international transfers remain slower.
- Stablecoin Settlement: Integration of Ripple’s stablecoin infrastructure using RLUSD on the XRP Ledger, launching in Europe with planned U.S. expansion
- Cross-Border Payments: DriveWealth integrating Ripple Payments to support global fund acceptance across markets
- Digital Asset Custody: Custody support in Europe with expansion to additional markets planned
- Equity Financing: Collaboration through Ripple Prime’s Delta One business for U.S. equities and derivatives
The partnership enables DriveWealth clients to fund and manage collateral accounts using stablecoins that convert to cash in near real time, eliminating delays from traditional bank transfers. International clients can access markets outside conventional transfer windows, allowing capital to move continuously instead of remaining idle overnight or over weekends. DriveWealth also brings its treasury and custody infrastructure onto Ripple’s rails, providing clients unified real-time visibility across dollars, stablecoins, and crypto assets.
We’ve already enabled 24/5 trading; now we need the funding to match, so clients can move with the markets instead of waiting for them. Our partnership with Ripple empowers us to extend the same funding, and custody experience our clients already rely on to stablecoins and digital assets, so their capital keeps working around the clock instead of sitting idle overnight or over a weekend.
– Naureen Hassan, Chief Executive Officer, DriveWealth
DriveWealth came to Ripple with a specific challenge around cross-border settlement, but it quickly became clear there was an opportunity to do much more together. By integrating Ripple’s full product suite into DriveWealth, we’re modernizing how money moves and is supported across trading, custody and settlement.
– Jack McDonald, SVP of Stablecoins, Ripple
DriveWealth powers investing experiences for more than 100 partners globally, enabling fintechs, digital wallets, and financial institutions to offer U.S. market access. Ripple operates more than 85 licenses globally and has spent over a decade building blockchain solutions for financial institutions. The companies will present the partnership at Ripple Swell on October 28 in New York City.
Naureen Hassan, Chief Executive Officer at DriveWealth. Source: LinkedIn
Jack McDonald, SVP of Stablecoins at Ripple. Source: LinkedIn
