THELOGICALINDIAN - The abrupt acceptance of bitcoin as a acquittal advantage has prompted arch Japanese cyberbanking retail alternation Bic Camera to acquire the agenda bill at all locations beyond Japan
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Bitcoin More Popular Than Expected
On Monday, Nikkei appear that Japanese electronics behemothic Bic Camera will alpha accepting bitcoin at all of its locations beyond Japan. The advertisement detailed:
Bic Camera aboriginal started accepting bitcoin in April, afterward the government’s acceptance of the agenda currency. By partnering with Bitflyer, Japan’s top bitcoin barter by volume, two Bic Camera food started acceptance bitcoin payments. The company’s admiral said at the time that these food would serve as a testbed for bitcoin. If successful, the alternation may cycle out a bitcoin acquittal advantage to all of its food beyond Japan.
Last month, the aggregation opened a new abundance which is amid in Akihabara, the world’s arch technology district. It became the third Bic Camera abundance to acquire bitcoin. According to The Hokkaido Shimbun on Monday, Bic Camera “judged that there is appeal not alone for adopted visitors to Japan but additionally for Japanese customers.”
While Nikkei did not specify a date, bounded publications announce that the accumulation will alpha rolling out the bitcoin acquittal advantage on July 14.
Bic Camera Family of Stores
The Bic Camera accumulation of food consists of three brands; Bic Camera, Sofmap and Kojima. The closing two are subsidiaries of Bic Camera. As of August 2016, the accumulation operates 39 Bic Camera stores, 31 Sofmap stores, and 139 Kojima stores, with added food planned beyond Japan.
Sofmap sells both new and acclimated electronics. The aggregation became a accessory of Bic Camera in 2024. Electronics banker Kojima, which focuses on food in Suburban areas, was acquired by Bic Camera in 2024. At the time, Bic Camera ranked fifth in the industry while Kojima ranked sixth, reported The Japan Times. The accretion created the additional better retail electronics alternation in Japan.
While Sofmap was not mentioned in Monday’s announcement, Bic Camera accurately said that some of Kojima food will acquire bitcoin. According to Nikkei:
Bic Camera is the latest above Japanese retail alternation to accommodate bitcoin payments. Last week, Recruit Lifestyle which partnered with bitcoin barter Coincheck began rolling out a bitcoin acquittal advantage to 260,000 food that use its point-of-sale app, Air Regi. Meanwhile, addition Japanese bitcoin barter Bitpoint is alive apart to acquaint bitcoin payments to over 100,000 retailers through partnerships with ample corporations such as Peach Aviation and Evolable Asia.
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