Garanti BBVA Kripto has collaborated with Ripple and IBM to provide a secure environment for its crypto asset trading platform. Following a successful pilot in 2023, the bank is now rolling out the service to its entire customer base, leveraging technology collaborations to continue to deliver the highest standards of performance, security, and customer trust.
The combined solution from Ripple Custody and IBM enabled the bank to securely build, deploy and manage institutional-grade key management infrastructure with end-to-end security to protect private keys, applications and data.
The advanced security capabilities embedded within this solution include data encryption, isolation of customer environments, embedded Hardware Security Modules with the highest security certification, and a versatile governance framework that removes single points of compromise and helps mitigate the risks associated with malicious actors.
Korcan Abalı, CEO and Member of the Board at Garanti BBVA Kripto, said, “We’ve seen clear demand and growing interest from our customers in digital assets. In order to respond to this demand, we launched our Garanti BBVA Digital Assets company in 2023 and currently provide services for BTC, ETH, USDC, AVAX, CHZ, XRP, ARB, and SOL as Garanti BBVA Kripto. The number of our customers who prefer to transfer and store their crypto assets is increasing daily. We will continue to scale by increasing our asset diversity and developing our service infrastructure. Our collaboration with Ripple and IBM gives us the confidence of institutional-grade custody infrastructure, which offers safety, robust governance and compliant processes.”
“Digital assets are increasing day by day, and they need to be managed on a highly secure platform that complies with regulations,” said Işıl Kılınç Gürtuna, IBM Türkiye General Manager. “IBM’s infrastructure capabilities in IBM®LinuxONE will provide Garanti BBVA Kripto with a high level of security standards in a sustainable environment leveraging IBM’s expertise in the Digital Asset Custody domain,” she added.
“We’re thrilled to partner with Garanti BBVA Kripto to bolster the development of Türkiye’s vibrant crypto asset market,” said Aaron Sears, SVP of Global Customer & Partner Success at Ripple. “Secure custody is foundational to unlocking value and addressing the growing demand for new asset classes across the digital economy. We remain committed to supporting our customers around the world to power the digital asset market with our secure and compliant services.”
