Ripple (XRP) has made a strategic investment in Notabene, an on-chain service provider focused on compliance for digital asset transactions, according to an official statement from Notabene. The amount of the investment was not disclosed.

Notabene said it received a strategic investment from Ripple and that the companies will work together to expand institutional stablecoin payments. The collaboration includes integrating Ripple's dollar-backed stablecoin, RLUSD, into Notabene Flow, Notabene's institutional payment platform. Ripple launched RLUSD in December 2024 after receiving approval from the New York Department of Financial Services, marking the company's entry into the stablecoin market alongside established issuers such as Circle and Tether.

"Notabene received a strategic investment from Ripple," the company said. "By integrating RLUSD into Notabene Flow and exploring how trusted payment authorization can complement Ripple Payments, we will collaborate to expand institutional stablecoin payments."

Under the plans described in the announcement, Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin will be added to Notabene Flow. The companies also intend to explore how Ripple Payments infrastructure can be combined with Notabene's transaction verification and payment authorization technologies. The stated objective is to help financial institutions carry out regulated stablecoin transfers in a more secure and efficient manner.

Notabene specializes in compliance tools designed to address regulatory requirements such as the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Travel Rule, which obliges virtual asset service providers to exchange identifying information about senders and beneficiaries for qualifying transactions. The company currently operates an open network that connects more than 2,300 financial institutions across over 100 jurisdictions. The network processes more than $2 trillion in transaction volume annually, according to the company. Ripple and Notabene also plan to collaborate on expanding the use of RLUSD.

Jack McDonald, Senior Vice President of Ripple Stablecoins, said the investment is tied to the infrastructure requirements for institutional stablecoin use.

"Stablecoins are rapidly becoming part of mainstream financial infrastructure, but institutional adoption isn't solely dependent on efficient payment systems. Trusted identity, compliance, and transaction authorization are needed before value can move. Notabene's network addresses one of the key hurdles to institutional adoption, and together, we are helping to build the compliant infrastructure that institutions need to transfer value globally and expand the use case of RLUSD," McDonald said.

Notabene CEO Pelle Braendgaard said financial institutions have moved beyond asking whether they should use stablecoins, and that the main issue is how to use them securely and in compliance with regulations. According to Braendgaard, combining Ripple's global payment network with Notabene's trust infrastructure will accelerate broader adoption of corporate stablecoin payments.

The partnership comes as stablecoin regulation continues to take shape across major markets. The European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation began taking effect in 2024, and multiple proposals for federal stablecoin legislation have been introduced in the United States Congress. These regulatory developments have contributed to growing institutional demand for compliance infrastructure capable of supporting regulated digital asset transfers.