$BTC: Južnoafriški maloprodajni velikan 'Pick n Pay' sprejema Bitcoin po vsej državi

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 sporočilo za javnost 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.”

Nadaljevalo je:

"Transakcija je tako enostavna in varna kot potegnite z debetno ali kreditno kartico. Stranke optično preberejo kodo QR iz aplikacije in ob transakciji sprejmejo menjalno razmerje Rand na svojem pametnem telefonu. Provizija za vsako transakcijo je minimalna, stranko stane v povprečju 70 centov in traja manj kot 30 sekund."

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:

"Ta nova tehnologija pomeni, da lahko zagotovimo cenovno dostopne storitve za velike količine transakcij z nizko vrednostjo, ki bodo spodbujale finančno vključenost v Južni Afriki ... Nenehno uvajamo inovacije in preizkušamo nove tehnologije, da lahko dodamo resnično vrednost in izbiro za stranke, ki jim služimo. Ta vznemirljivi pilotni projekt kaže ogromen potencial in je še en način, s katerim lahko pomagamo in podpiramo naše stranke."

Earlier today, Cointelegraph published a poročilo 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.”

CryptoConvert pravi that PnP is the first major retailer in Africa to enable Bitcoin Lightning Network 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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