Pick n Pay, one of South Africa’s largest supermarket chains, announced that it accepts Bitcoin (BTC) payments for purchases.
According to the news of The Times newspaper operating in South Africa Pick n Pay, started to offer support to its customers to pay with Bitcoin. Pick n Pay customers now have any Lightning Network via featured app bitcoin They will be able to pay by using the QR code and they only need to scan a QR code.
According to the news in question, Bitcoin payments tested in ten stores in the last five months and right now Launched in 39 stores across the country.
A Pick n Pay spokesperson made the following statement about the developments:
The transaction is as easy and secure as swiping a debit or credit card. Customers scan a QR code on the app and accept the transfer from their smartphones during the process, that’s it. The service fee for each transaction costs an average of $0.04 and transactions take place in less than 30 seconds.
This integration, which provides fast shopping with low transaction fees, has already been used by many customers. Pick n Pay is rolling out Bitcoin payments in the coming months. In all 1,628 stores plans to make it available.