Harbour, the company behind bank-to-self-custody wallet services, just announced a partnership with Aleph Zero, the massively scalable crypto infrastructure. This partnership will bring to market the Magic Ramp product, a new offering aimed at revolutionizing the way end users transmit their assets between banks and blockchain networks.
Harbour’s Magic Ramp leverages some of the best fintechs from the Harbor payment engine to integrate with Aleph Zero’s industry-leading transaction throughput fintech capabilities. The integration will make things easier for the users as it is relatively faster and they can now use an efficient way to manage their digital assets as the entire process will be seamless and cheaper
Seamless transfers and new opportunities
The heart of this new service is the Magic IBAN, an innovative new feature provided to each individual KYC-verified user. The Magic IBAN is integrated directly into users’ Aleph Zero wallets and enables ultra-fast onboarding with direct stablecoin bank deposits to a user’s blockchain wallet.
Amazingly, these transfers are completed in just 10 seconds, avoiding the high costs and headaches typically associated with standard on-ramp and off-ramp offers.
Additionally, this makes the process of converting blockchain assets back to fiat currency seamless. This updated integration allows users to re-initiate transactions directly from their Aleph Zero wallet, with funds deposited back into their bank accounts quickly and quickly to maintain the speed and low fees that Harbor aims to achieve.
We’re excited to announce that we’re bringing our Magic Ramp to the @Aleph__Zero ecosystem!
The Magic Ramp on Aleph Zero changes the game and improves the user experience. Harbour’s super-fast, low-cost bank <> blockchain payment engine combined with Aleph Zero’s blazing-fast and… pic.twitter.com/758HxTSPoM
— Haven (@harbour_fi) June 17, 2024
This not only contributes to the highest level of user-friendliness, but also sets a new benchmark for the way in which banking and blockchain interact.
And the integration with Harbor goes far beyond individual users: it provides tremendous value to the developers within the Aleph Zero ecosystem. The Magic Ramp allows developers to turn the process inside out and provide a new way to move assets across the financial world that is efficient on the back end and easy to use for the end user. This development will enable the fiat-to-crypto use cases we had in mind, which are poised to massively grow the already impressive Aleph Zero community.
Initially offered to EU residents, the custom consumers are said to be those looking to bridge the gap between traditional banking and the emerging world of self-custodial digital wallets. The collaboration will continue to evolve and add additional enhancements and integrations across the partnership, enabling even greater real-world impact on the global financial and crypto markets.
