Ripple (XRP) was launched to make large amounts of international money and asset transfers in the banking and financial markets both faster, cheaper and more secure.
The fact that it has both a corporate identity and a central authority has made it a preferred project by payment systems and banks. Many banks and payment systems in the world operate through the Ripple network.
Ripple cannot be mined in any way because at the time the project was implemented, 100 billion XRPs were produced, which is the entire supply. Initially, 40 billion XRPs were released. The remaining part is released by the company piece by piece over time.