Yes, xRapid, a product of Ripple that is in the beta phase will take it to production this year. Ripple has partnered with Bittrex and banks Bitso and Coins.ph to carry out transactions with Mexican and Filipino workers respectively. xRapid Brings on Three New Exchange Partners

The success of Ripple with its xRapid project will be an advance between our crypto-community and it will also be a good role model.
But the ones that concern us is the adoption of banks and bitcoin. I think it's only possible if the banks adopt the blockchain technology or that the economy starts accepting bitcoin as well.