Ripple acquires GTreasury for USD $1 billion to boost treasury services

Ripple has announced its acquisition of GTreasury for USD $1 billion (AUD $2.6 billion) as it expands further into the corporate treasury services sector.

The purchase of GTreasury, a company with over forty years of experience supporting treasury operations for some of the world's best-known brands, allows Ripple immediate entry to the corporate treasury market and access to a wide array of major corporate clients.

The acquisition follows Ripple's earlier purchases in 2025 of prime broker Hidden Road and stablecoin platform Rail.

Strategic move

Brad Garlinghouse, Chief Executive Officer at Ripple, highlighted the inefficiencies in existing payments infrastructure and the potential advantages of blockchain technology. He said:

"For too long, money has been stuck in slow, outdated payments systems and infrastructure, causing unnecessary delays, high costs, and roadblocks to entering new markets -- problems that blockchain technologies are ideally suited to solve. Ripple's and GTreasury's capabilities together bring the best of both worlds, so treasury and finance teams can finally put their trapped capital to work, process payments instantly, and open up new growth opportunities."

The acquisition is expected to facilitate greater use of digital assets in treasury services as more businesses move towards managing assets like stablecoins and tokenised deposits at scale.

Focus areas

Ripple and GTreasury will concentrate on helping customers unlock idle capital and enable instant money movement.

The combined offering will allow clients to access the global repo market via prime broker Hidden Road and thus generate additional earnings from short-term assets.

Additionally, clients will be able to process real-time, 24/7/365 cross-border payments, in line with Ripple's focus on modernising international payment flows.

Shaping the market

Renaat Ver Eecke, Chief Executive Officer at GTreasury, described the acquisition as a significant development in treasury management. He said:

"This acquisition is a watershed moment for treasury management. We have focused on providing the most compliant and feature-rich solutions to corporations around the globe. Now, by joining Ripple, we are accelerating our vision from managing capital to activating it. The combination of our cash forecasting, risk management, and compliance foundation with Ripple's speed, global network, and digital asset solutions creates an opportunity for treasurers to manage liquidity, payments, and risk in the new digital economy."

GTreasury is recognised within its sector for its risk management and foreign exchange solutions, as well as for its compliance and audit frameworks which adhere to high regulatory standards.

Ongoing expansion

This transaction is Ripple's third substantial purchase in 2025, building on its acquisitions of Hidden Road and Rail earlier in the year.

The series of deals demonstrates the scale of Ripple's recent expansion and its business strategy to broaden its financial services capabilities.

The GTreasury deal is expected to reach completion in the coming months, pending regulatory approvals.

Once integrated, Ripple and GTreasury intend to provide treasury and finance teams in large organisations with enhanced tools for liquidity, payments, and risk management in the context of global digitisation and the growing adoption of digital assets.