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This page summarizes notable changes made to Ripple Payments Direct 2.0. This change history is arranged in order from the most recent change and it corresponds to the month and year the enhancements and fixed issues were made available.

April 2026

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v2026.04

New Quote v3 endpoints

The quote endpoints have been updated to /v3/quotes/*. Key changes from the previous version:

  • payoutCategory and destinationBlockchainNetwork are no longer accepted in quote requests.
  • A new optional paymentRail field is available in quote requests. When specified, only quotes for the given payment rail are returned. When omitted, quotes for all supported rails are returned.
  • The fee breakdown in quote responses now includes a paymentRail field identifying the rail associated with each fee.

For more information, see Quotes and Create a payment.

v2026.03

New funding model: Just-in-time (JIT) funding

A new payinCategory value, JIT_FUNDING, is now available when creating quotes. JIT-funded payments enter a new AWAITING_FUNDING state after creation and proceed once funds are received in your Ripple ledger account before the jitFundingExpiresAt deadline. For more information, see Funding model and Payment states.

New payinCategory values: PRE_FUNDING and CREDIT_FUNDING

Two new payinCategory values are introduced as the preferred replacements for the deprecated values:

  • PRE_FUNDING replaces FUNDED
  • CREDIT_FUNDING replaces T_PLUS_ONE

The deprecated values FUNDED and T_PLUS_ONE continue to be accepted on v2 quote endpoints and are not being removed at this time. New integrations should use the new values.

New payment state: AWAITING_FUNDING

A new non-terminal payment state, AWAITING_FUNDING, is introduced for JIT-funded payments. For more information, see Payment states.

New payment response fields: payoutExecutionDetails and jitFundingExpiresAt

The GET /v3/payments/{paymentId} response now includes two new fields:

  • payoutExecutionDetails (optional): metadata about how a payment was executed, including paymentRailUsed, payoutStartTime, payoutEndTime, and trackingReferences (network-specific identifiers such as IMAD/OMAD for Fedwire). Coverage varies by corridor and partner. For more information, see Payment execution details.
  • jitFundingExpiresAt: present on JIT-funded payments; indicates the deadline by which funds must be transferred to your Ripple ledger account for the payment to proceed.

Renamed financial instrument type: AFRICA_BANK_PAYOUT is now NG_BANK_PAYOUT

The Africa bank payout financial instrument type has been renamed from AFRICA_BANK_PAYOUT to NG_BANK_PAYOUT. Update any integration code, identity validatePayoutRails arrays, or internal tooling that references the old value. For more information, see Financial instruments.

March 2026

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Documentation versioning: v2026.03 and v2025.11

The Ripple Payments Direct 2.0 documentation is now versioned. Use the version selector to switch between versions:

  • v2026.03 - Documents the Ripple Payments Direct 2.0 API with Identity Management v3, including the v3 identity and financial instrument endpoints.
  • v2025.11 - Documents the Ripple Payments Direct 2.0 API with Identity Management v2.

January 2026

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New API endpoint: GET /v2/ledger-transactions

Provides a paginated list of ledger transactions and running balances for a specified UTC time range, supporting customer reconciliation and operational reporting. For more information, see Ledger transactions.

New payment state: RETURNED

Payments that were previously marked as COMPLETED but later reversed by the payout partner or network are now marked as RETURNED. For more information, see Payment lifecycle and Payment returns.

Feature enhancement: Tax transparency

We have introduced a detailed tax breakdown structure to both Quote and Payment responses to support transparent reporting of tax liabilities and service fees.

November 2025

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Enhancements and payout network expansions

  • Released the Transaction Memo feature for EUR/GBP payouts
  • Payouts enabled: PHP, CN-USD, and INR

October 2025

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Enhancements and payout network expansions

  • Released the Transaction Memo feature for USD payouts
  • Payouts enabled: AED, AUD, CLP, COP, JPY, IDR, KRW, PEN, THB, and VND

September 2025

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Enhancements

  • Released FedWire payouts with Lead Bank
  • Released FX benchmark improvements to reduce price gaps with stablecoins

August 2025

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Enhancements

  • Released Maker/Checker feature in Ripple Payments Direct 2.0, enabling payment approval workflows
  • Released the OpenAPI specification for Ripple Payments Direct 2.0, available for download here.

July 2025

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Enhancements

  • Released off-ramp capabilities to deliver RLUSD

June 2025

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Additional payout markets enabled

  • RTP payouts enabled in the US
  • EUR/GBP payouts enabled

May 2025

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Additional payout markets enabled

  • Payouts enabled for BRL, CNY, GHS, NGN, RWF, ZAR, UGX, and ZMW

April 2025

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Enhancements and network expansions

  • ACH payouts enabled using iPayout
  • Ripple Payments Direct 2.0 on-ramps launched for customers to send in stablecoins, beginning with USDC and USDT
  • Re-designed payment flow in Ripple Payments Direct 2.0 to simplify and enhance the user experience

March 2025

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Off-ramps Beta launched

Off-ramps beta launched for Ripple Payments Direct 2.0 customers, allow customers to pay-in stablecoins in key payout markets

February 2025

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Offical launch of Ripple Payments Direct 2.0

Ripple Payments Direct 2.0, allows you to connect to Ripple as a payments provider. Ripple takes care of delivering payments to beneficiaries, managing payout partners, providing funds to payout partners, and paying charges in exchange for payment delivery to the beneficiaries. With Ripple Payments Direct 2.0, you can send payments and manage beneficiaries using the Ripple Payments UI.

For more information, see the following topics: