Chatchaval Jiaravanon, owner of Fortune magazine, aims to address the underbanked Asian population by widening Lightnet — a fintech that leverages the Stellar blockchain to replace incumbent payments systems like SWIFT — through acquisitions.
Lightnet is a cross-border payments startup that aims to facilitate over $50 billion worth of financial transactions by 2023, partnering with other financial services disruptors like MoneyGram, according to Cointelegraph.
In a statement to Bloomberg on the development, Jiaravanon said acquisitions will be the quickest way for growth in a fast-changing environment.
Jiaravanon aims to open offices in Singapore, Hong Kong and China and to provide Lightnet a platform to compete with emerging competitors like Ripple, the firm behind the XRP cryptocurrency.
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