Move money across borders with locked FX rates and automatic rail selection. Recipients get local currency in real time.
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Capabilities / Cross-border payments
Your users send and receive money instantly worldwide, to local bank accounts. Grid handles conversion and settlement. Pan and zoom to explore.
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Technical specs
Overview
Move money across borders with real-time FX rates locked at quote creation. Grid handles currency conversion, rail selection, and local settlement. Sender pays in one currency, recipient receives in another.
Coverage
Off-ramp coverage across 65+ countries
- Austria
- Bangladesh
- Belgium
- Benin
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Cameroon
- China
- Colombia
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Italy
- Ivory Coast
- Kenya
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mexico
- Morocco
- Netherlands
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Uganda
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Vietnam
- Zambia
Rails
Grid auto-routes to the optimal rail for the currency, country, and amount
- SEPAEurope1 business day
- SEPA InstantEuropeInstant
- ACHUS1–2 business days
- Wire TransferUSSame day
- RTPUSInstant
- FedNowUSInstant
- PIXBrazilInstant
- UPIIndiaInstant
- SPEIMexicoInstant
- Faster PaymentsUKInstant
- PayNowSingaporeInstant
- FASTSingaporeSame business day
- Bank TransferSupported marketsVaries
- UMAWallet-to-walletInstant
FX
Locked exchange rates with full transparency.
- Rate lockingQuotes lock in the exchange rate for 1–15 minutes depending on corridor
- Locked currency sideLock sending or receiving amount — Grid calculates the other side
- Transparent feesExact fees, exchange rate, and receiving amount shown before execution
- Quote expiryExpired quotes can be recreated instantly with a fresh rate
- Immediate executionOptional single-call quote + execute for time-sensitive transfers
Security & controls
Authorization, compliance, and program controls
- AuthorizationOutbound movement requires the account owner to authorize from their device
- Session signingSession signing keys are short-lived; 15 minutes by default
- No unilateral movementNeither Lightspark nor the platform can unilaterally move customer funds
- Compliance operationsKYC, KYB, sanctions screening, risk review, and corridor requirements
- Security programSOC 2 Type II audited; NIST CSF–aligned controls
- LimitsApproval thresholds, velocity limits, payee controls
- AgentsBounded scopes, audit trails, real-time revocation
API
Quote, execute, webhook. Every rail.
- ProtocolREST, OpenAPI 3.1
- SDKsTypeScript, Kotlin
- AuthHTTP Basic (server-side), Passkeys / OIDC / Email OTP (end-user)
- Money movementQuote → execute → webhook. Same flow for every rail, every currency.
- SigningECDSA P-256, device-held keys, per-action payloadToSign
- IdempotencyIETF-spec Idempotency-Key on every mutation
- WebhooksSigned payloads, exponential retry, deduplicate by delivery ID
Integration
Timeline, ownership, and economics
- Time to launchWeeks
- BrandingYour brand and product surface
- EconomicsYield on balances, card interchange, FX margin, and transaction fees accrue to the platform
- ComplianceLightspark MSB, hosted KYC/KYB, or bring your own
- PricingCustom
