"Lithic, the card issuer processing platform and Lightspark, the open infrastructure for moving money worldwide, today announced a partnership to power Lightspark’s card program on the Visa network issued by Lead Bank. The program settles in USDC, part of a broader industry shift toward using stablecoins and blockchain-based infrastructure for real-world settlement."

“Lithic, the leading card issuing API company, today announced Lithic Send, a new suite of products designed for companies that need a faster, more flexible way to build out card disbursement programs such as incentives, payouts, rebates, and rewards. These products include built-in tools that limit the number of integrations and custom development needed to bring these card programs to market, reducing implementation times from months to weeks or even days. Until now, companies had two options for building card programs. They could choose a turnkey offering that covered a narrow set of use cases, or they could choose a completely customized, very expensive, and time intensive offering. Lithic Send breaks this “either/or” model with flexible build options.”