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Story: Coca-Cola and American Airlines Launch XRP Payment Tests for Global Operations

By Maheen Hernandez

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How the XRP Trials Work. The pilots are pretty straightforward. Coca-Cola processes payments to bottling partners in Asia…

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Regulatory Green Lights. Recent SEC guidance made these trials possible. The agency's clearer stance on XRP as a utility…

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Coca-Cola just started testing XRP payments. American Airlines did the same thing, and both companies want to cut costs on international money transfers while speeding up their…

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The beverage giant and the major airline are running separate pilot programs with Ripple's XRP Ledger technology.

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The pilots are pretty straightforward. Coca-Cola processes payments to bottling partners in Asia and Europe using XRP instead of wire transfers.

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James Quincey, Coca-Cola's CEO, said on April 12: "We're always looking for ways to optimize our supply chain operations and reduce friction in global payments.

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The companies won't say how much money they're moving through XRP right now. Sources suggest the amounts are significant enough to test real-world scalability but small enough to…

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Ripple processed over $10 billion in transactions globally during the first quarter of 2026. That number jumped from $7.

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Recent SEC guidance made these trials possible. The agency's clearer stance on XRP as a utility token rather than a security opened doors for corporate adoption.

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But compliance remains tricky. Each country where these companies operate has different rules about digital asset payments.

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A Ripple spokesperson said on April 8: "We're seeing unprecedented interest from Fortune 500 companies now that the regulatory landscape is clearer.

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Neither Coca-Cola nor American Airlines committed to full deployment yet. They're watching costs, speed, and reliability metrics before making permanent decisions.

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Financial analyst Sarah Thompson noted on April 9 that successful XRP integration by these industry giants could trigger similar trials across multiple sectors.

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Brad Garlinghouse, Ripple's CEO, highlighted the corporate focus during a March 28 presentation.

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The absence of clear timelines keeps industry watchers guessing. Both companies remain tight-lipped about specific metrics they're tracking and what success looks like for their…

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