- Strike CEO Jack Mallers announces partnership with Fiserv and launches pilot integration with Clover: Strike is now an integrated partner with payments giant Fiserv, parent company of Clover, allowing merchants to accept bitcoin over the Lightning Network.
- 90-day trial period: The rollout is part of a 90-day trial period, which will involve measuring the speed and cost of facilitating transactions using the new integration.
- Goal to enter Clover app store & direct integration into Clover: After the pilot, Strike aims to enter the Clover app store, and afterwards, direct integration into Clover. This would enable Lightning by default for all Clover merchants.
Partnership Between Strike & Fiserv
Strike CEO Jack Mallers has taken to Twitter to announce that Strike is now an integrated partner with payments giant Fiserv, parent company of Clover. Subsequently, Strike has launched a pilot integration with Clover allowing merchants to accept bitcoin over the Lightning Network.
90-Day Trial Period
This rollout is part of a 90-day trial period, which will involve measuring the speed and cost of facilitating transactions using the new integration. In addition to that, the amount of business that integrating Lightning brings to merchants will be closely monitored.
Entering The App Store & Direct Integration Into Clover
After the pilot, Strike aims to enter the Clover app store, and afterwards, direct integration into Clover. This would enable Lightning by default for all Clover merchants.