Traditional cross-border payments require financial institutions to pre-fund accounts in every currency market they operate in — capital that sits idle, earns nothing, and ties up trillions globally. Ripple's On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) eliminates this entirely by using XRP as a real-time bridge asset.
The Pre-Funding Problem ODL Solves
The Pre-Funding Problem ODL Solves
When a US bank wants to be able to send money to the Philippines on a moment's notice, it needs to maintain a pre-funded PHP account at a Filipino correspondent bank. That money sits there — not earning any yield — just waiting to be used. Multiply this across every currency corridor in the world and you get the $10+ trillion idle capital problem.
ODL eliminates the need for these accounts entirely. Instead of pre-funding, the sending institution converts the source currency to XRP at the moment of the transaction, transmits XRP across the XRPL in 3–5 seconds, and the receiving institution converts XRP back to local currency immediately. All in under 5 seconds.
ODL in Numbers: Growth and Volume
ODL in Numbers: Growth and Volume
- ✓ODL transaction volume has grown 10x+ from 2022 to 2025
- ✓Active corridors: USD-MXN, USD-PHP, USD-AUD, EUR-MXN, and more
- ✓ODL used by payment processors serving 40+ countries
- ✓Average ODL transaction: sub-$1 total cost vs $30+ average wire
- ✓Reported to process billions in monthly volume
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