Residual Token Partners with NextBank to Bring U.S. Institutions to the DeFi Ecosystem
Residual Token, Inc. ($eRSDL) is proud to announce it has entered into a collaboration agreement with NextBank International, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of NextPlay Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXTP) in order to create an U.S. institutional safe harbor in the open ocean of #DeFI. In addition, NextBank will have the opportunity to offer NextBank’s international banking services to Residual Token’s tens of thousands of followers worldwide provided they qualify for and open a standard deposit account with the bank.
Residual Token x NextBank
While ReserveLending+, Residual’s flagship institutional peer-to-peer crypto lending software is self-custodying or non-custodial, the company has focused on allowing creating P2P solutions for U.S.-based, institutional clients. By partnering with NextBank, and only allowing its institutional customers into the safe harbor, the RL+ users can be assured that they are in a safe crypto P2P environment. All users are doxxed and in the unlikely event of default, recourse sought.
All other users of the platform must have a bona fide, U.S. banking relationship in place before onboarding with NextBank. Residual Token also scans and monitors the white-listed institutional wallets as an onboarding step, so that the membership at the wallet level is also curated for the safest customer proposition available. In addition, Residual Token is FinCEN registered, while actively monitoring activity on behalf of the relationship and report based on its standing AML/BSA policies.
With this collaboration agreement, a bridge now forms for U.S.-based companies holding crypto that will allow them to seamlessly move between supplying-and-borrowing on ReserveLending+’s P2P crypto platform and fiat banking with NextBank.
Todd Bonner, Head of NextPlay’s Fintech Division and NextBank’s parent company, stated: “… we see NextBank emerging as a global player with a new vision for international banking and global commerce that integrates with our other divisions, creating strong catalysts for growth over the coming year. In addition to growing traditional banking services, we have applications underway for regulatory licensing approval of new products ranging from insurance to protect the wealth of our banking customers to travel programs that assist customers in financing and insuring vacations. All will utilize blockchain solutions to minimize risk to the bank while accelerating NextPlay’s growing ecosystem of technology platforms.”
NextBank can provide to its customers a comprehensive mobile wallet, which includes (but not be limited to) a debit and credit card infrastructure, and which may come with loyalty programs for credit card issuance, merchant acquiring services and worldwide remittance services.
NextBank operates under a special license that permits banking for customers around the world in multiple currencies. NextBank has recently announced an agreement for members of the ABCC cryptocurrency exchange. Once implemented, crypto exchanges and other digital economy companies and their customers will be able to establish credit card and other accounts with NextBank, where they will be able to bank in fiat (government issued) currencies and easily move between fiat and their crypto assets.
The new joint offering is expected to benefit from the rapidly growing global financial technology market, which is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of approximately 25% from 2022 to approximately US$324 billion by 2026, according to a Market Data Forecast.
“U.S. banking for crypto holding companies is an ongoing challenge, with only a few players offering to accept deposits from these underbanked companies,” said Residual Token, Inc. CEO, Howard Krieger. “And where you can bank, large, continuous deposit balances are required.”
The goal of this partnership is to find a banking home for underbanked, U.S.-based, crypto holding companies while offering the higher yielding, crypto utility of a peer-to-peer platform.
About Residual Token, Inc. dba unFederalReserve
In business since 2018, Residual’s team of former bankers, technologists and compliance professionals have been exploring ways to make crypto lending and borrowing markets safer and traditional markets more efficient. They currently have in development a handful of blockchain-based software available for license. Its flagship product, ReserveLending, allows permissionless access to crypto holders so that they can deposit, earn and borrow top digital assets safely, easily and effectively for cash management, hedging or speculative purposes.
About NextBank International, Inc.
Acquired by NextPlay in July, NextBank is an International Financial Entity (IFE) operating under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. NextBank is licensed under Act 273 by the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions (OCIF), and currently offers concierge banking services and lending products to successful entrepreneurs and companies. For more information visit https://next.bank/.
About NextPlay Technologies
NextPlay Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXTP), parent to NextFintech, is a technology solutions company offering games, in-game advertising, crypto-banking, connected TV and travel booking services to consumers and corporations within a growing worldwide digital ecosystem. NextPlay’s engaging products and services utilize innovative AdTech, Artificial Intelligence and Fintech solutions to leverage the strengths and channels of its existing and acquired technologies. For more information about NextPlay Technologies, visit www.NextPlayTechnologies.com and follow us on Twitter @NextPlayTech and LinkedIn.
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