Latin America's largest digital bank, Nubank, has announced a partnership with Lightspark to integrate Bitcoin's Lightning network into its services in order to increase the speed and efficiency of transactions for its 100 million customers.
The collaboration, revealed on June 25, will focus on creating a seamless user experience and facilitating faster and cheaper transactions without the complexity of managing the Lightning network.
Nubank and Lightspark will work on various strategies to support users and developers using Lightspark’s advanced solutions, including SDK and API.
Tomas Fortes, CEO of Nubank, emphasized that this integration is in line with the company’s mission to offer more efficient services through blockchain technology.
David Marcus, CEO of Lightspark, expressed his excitement at the opportunity to provide easier solutions to Nubank’s broad customer base.
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