TLS85: Albert Buu on Building NeutronPay, Payments in Vietnam, and Instant Lightning Remittances

Albert Buu is the founder of NeutronPay, a company building a Lightning-powered API and mobile app for moving money around the world.

In our conversation, we discussed NeutronPay’s product and vision for their API, why they’ve decided to initially focus on the Vietnam market, and the adoption and addressable opportunity for Lightning remittances.

→ NeutronPay: https://neutronpay.com/

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Timestamps

00:00 - Intro

02:00 - Albert Buu Intro

08:53 - Albert’s Views on Payment Middlemen

14:38 - Custodial Lightning Products and Banks

23:12 - How NeutronPay Works

29:42 - Why NeutronPay Is Focused on Vietnam

36:57 - Payment Use Cases in Vietnam

41:49 - NeutronPay and Lightning Competitors

49:00 - El Salvador Remittance Adoption

59:30 - Constraints to Lightning Adoption in Southeast Asia

1:08:15 - The Lightning Round