$BTC: Sydafrikansk detailgigant 'Pick n Pay' omfavner Bitcoin på landsplan

Pick n Pay (PnP), which is one of South Africa’s largest supermarket chains, is now reportedly allowing its customers to pay at the till via any Bitcoin Lightning-enabled wallet, such as Zap or BlueWallet.

Back on 1 November 2022, PnP issued a pressemeddelelse that said the company was allowing its customers in 39 stores to pay with Bitcoin and that this move “follows the successful completion of the first phase of a new pilot that allows customers to pay using cryptocurrency on their smartphones using a trusted app.”

Det fortsatte med at sige:

"Transaktionen er lige så nem og sikker som at swipe et debet- eller kreditkort. Kunder scanner en QR-kode fra appen og accepterer Rand-konverteringskursen på deres smartphone på tidspunktet for transaktionen. Servicegebyret for hver transaktion er minimalt, koster kunden i gennemsnit 70 cents og tager mindre end 30 sekunder."

Apparently, PnP “ran the pilot in 10 Western Cape stores over the past five months with pre-selected testers,” and the retailer has decided to extend the pilot to a further 29 stores for testing with customers, with the intention to roll it out to all stores in the coming months.”

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Chris Shortt, Group Executive : Information and Technology (CITO) at Pick n Pay, had this to say at the time:

"Denne nye teknologi betyder, at vi kan levere en overkommelig service til transaktioner med høj volumen og lav værdi, som vil fremme finansiel inklusion i Sydafrika... Vi innoverer og tester konstant ny teknologi, så vi kan tilføje reel værdi og valgmuligheder for de kunder, vi betjener. Denne spændende pilot viser et kæmpe potentiale og er endnu en måde, hvorpå vi kan hjælpe og støtte vores kunder."

Earlier today, Cointelegraph published a indberette that stated PnP is “expanding its Bitcoin coverage to all 1,628 stores across the country following a three-month pilot testing phase in 39 locations” and that “as part of its nationwide rollout, store customers will be able to pay for items using cryptocurrency via smartphone apps or by scanning a QR code and accepting the South African rand’s conversion rate at the time of payment.”

Kryptokonvertering siger that PnP is the first major retailer in Africa to enable Bitcoin Lynnetværk payments at the point of sale by integrating the CryptoConvert Lightning Payments API.

Here are the steps customers need to follow to make a Bitcoin Lightning payment at PnP stores:

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