# Striga

> Payments infrastructure for Bitcoin and stablecoins

Striga is a payments infrastructure company offering regulated APIs for digital asset custody, trading, banking, and card issuing. It serves fintechs, exchanges, and banking institutions across multiple European countries.

Striga is a payments infrastructure company that provides regulated application programming interfaces for digital asset custody, trading, banking, and card issuing. Its platform lets businesses issue named virtual IBANs, dedicated crypto wallets, and physical or virtual payment cards, while managing crypto to fiat transfers through a single integration. Striga is aimed at fintech startups, Web3 companies, banking institutions, and crypto exchanges that need compliant financial infrastructure without building it themselves.

The company addresses the regulatory and banking access barriers that crypto and fintech builders face when launching compliant financial products. It handles core compliance functions, including customer authentication, identity verification, and fraud detection, and operates under a license that supports virtual currency and payment services across the European Economic Area. This licensing framework lets partner businesses embed banking and crypto features without obtaining their own licenses.

Striga's offering spans neobanking infrastructure, a card issuing program, and crypto wallet and exchange infrastructure, along with tools for cross border payments and white label banking applications. It is used by early stage fintechs, Web3 innovators, banking institutions, and crypto exchanges to embed custody, trading, banking, and card services into their own products. Striga was acquired by another payments infrastructure company and continues to operate under its own brand and platform.

- Type: Company
- Sector: Payments
- Status: Acquired
- Founded: 2017-01-01
- Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/striga

## Products

- [Striga Neo-Banking APIs](https://thegrid.id/profiles/striga): Striga Neo-Banking APIs is a payments infrastructure product that lets businesses build consumer and corporate neo-banks through modular APIs. It provides crypto wallets, virtual IBANs, and stablecoin and Bitcoin functionality, with native KYC and KYB SDKs for onboarding. Fintechs and non-financial companies use it to embed banking-like account features while relying on built-in regulatory compliance across European markets. The product has been discontinued following the acquisition of the company. (Payments Infrastructure & Orchestration, Discontinued)
- [Striga Card Issuing Platform](https://thegrid.id/profiles/striga): Striga Card Issuing Platform is a card issuance infrastructure product that lets businesses launch virtual and physical payment cards funded directly by crypto balances. It provides pre-approved card programs, Visa network connectivity, and mobile wallet integration, enabling rapid card program launches without lengthy approval processes. Fintechs and neobanks use it to issue consumer and corporate cards linked to Bitcoin, stablecoin, or fiat balances. The platform has been discontinued following the acquisition of the company. (Card issuance, Discontinued)
- [Striga Embedded Wallets and Trading APIs](https://thegrid.id/profiles/striga): Striga Embedded Wallets and Trading APIs is an embedded wallet infrastructure product that lets applications provision segregated multi-currency wallets and trading functionality without building custody systems in-house. It offers on-chain transfers alongside traditional SEPA payments and sources trading liquidity from European market makers, all through a unified API. Web3 and fintech applications use it to add regulated custody and exchange features across multiple blockchains and stablecoins. The product has been discontinued following the acquisition of the company. (Embedded Wallet, Discontinued)
- [Striga Lightning Network APIs](https://thegrid.id/profiles/striga): Striga Lightning Network APIs is a payments infrastructure product enabling instant Bitcoin payments through endpoints for creating and paying Lightning invoices. It abstracts away liquidity and node management complexity while maintaining transaction transparency compliance, and supports both on-chain and Lightning Network transfers. Wallets and payment applications use it to add instant Bitcoin settlement alongside Bitcoin card issuing integration. The product has been discontinued following the acquisition of the company. (Payments Infrastructure & Orchestration, Discontinued)
- [Striga Cross-Border Payments APIs](https://thegrid.id/profiles/striga): Striga Cross-Border Payments APIs is a peer-to-peer and remittance infrastructure product providing real-time global payment capabilities powered by Bitcoin and stablecoins alongside traditional European payment rails. It offers dedicated virtual IBANs, deep liquidity for converting between crypto and fiat, and supports instant bank transfers for cross-border settlement. Payment applications use it to move funds internationally while relying on built-in regulatory compliance. The product has been discontinued following the acquisition of the company. (Peer to Peer & Remittance, Discontinued)
- [Striga White-Label Banking App](https://thegrid.id/profiles/striga): Striga White-Label Banking App is a financial services platform offering a ready-made, brandable application with pre-approved payment flows for consumer and business use cases. It supports retail and business account opening, institutional-grade custody, and consumer and corporate card issuing, with cards linkable to Bitcoin, stablecoin, or fiat balances. Businesses use it to launch a fully hosted neobank-style application without building banking infrastructure themselves. The application has been discontinued following the acquisition of the company. (Financial Services Platform, Discontinued, Main Product)

## Links

- [Main](https://www.striga.com)
- [Blog](https://www.lightspark.com/news)
- [Documentation](https://docs.striga.com)
- [Privacy policy](https://storage.googleapis.com/striga-public-docs/Static%20Partner%20TCs/Striga-PP.pdf)
- [Terms of Service](https://storage.googleapis.com/striga-public-docs/Static%20Partner%20TCs/Striga-Terms-of-Service-Co-Brand-Partners-End-Users.pdf)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/striga)
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbOU3E0nmSQPbn-GyHOymNg)

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- [Lightspark](https://thegrid.id/profiles/lightspark): Parent organization

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