Accenture’s Global Payments head, Gareth Wilson, orated about the future prospects that the payments industry could foresee in 2019, as per Accenture’s banking blog, dated February 18, 2019.

Wilson mentioned that he anticipated users to soon “see cash management products” that will “use Bitcoin and Ethereum”.

He further stated that “Ripple’s network for cross-border transactions will continue to grow significantly, attracting more banks and corporates, leading to rising transaction volumes.”

Ripple has steadily been building itself a niche in the world of interbank payments, says CNBC.

The Ripple company's ability to send cross-border payments quickly and efficiently is seen as a plus, but banks using the existing Society of Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT) system are not likely to give up their dominance in the field quickly.

Ripple has been assiduously striving with the domestic and central banks around the world to improve payments to the general public, as well as the corporate sector. Ripple intends to generate and develop a network of banking ecosystem on the RippleNet that use Ripple’s blockchain technology, like xRapid, xVia, and xCurrent.

While anticipating the trends through this year, Wilson perceived the cryptocurrencies gaining traction, apart from the Open Banking trend gaining more ground in the Middle East, Asia, and Europe.

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