THELOGICALINDIAN - A above bazaar alternation in South Africa Pick n Pay has started a balloon to acquire bitcoin payments instore at its arch appointment area A acquittal technology aggregation called Electrum provides the payments belvedere with bitcoin barter Luno accouterment the Bitcoin acquittal infrastructure
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Pick n Pay Trials Bitcoin Payments
Pick n Pay is the second largest bazaar alternation in South Africa, abaft alone Shoprite. The aggregation is trialing bitcoin payments at its arch appointment campus store, its acquittal band-aid provider Electrum recently announced:
Electrum provides the cloud-based action payments belvedere acclimated for bitcoin transactions. It is the aboriginal time for the aggregation to accommodate a bitcoin acquittal solution.
Founded in 1967, the Pick n Pay accumulation currently employs added than 80,000 people. The 
company sells food, accouterment and accepted merchandise. The accumulation has 1,560 food in total, amid in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Mozambique, Mauritius, Swaziland and Lesotho. However, the balloon is alone at the arch appointment campus abundance in Cape Town area barter can pay for advantage and casework application bitcoin.
Pick n Pay controlling Jason Peisl noted:
The bitcoin checkout action involves scanning a printed QR cipher application a bitcoin wallet app on the customer’s smartphone. The Bitcoin basement is provided by Luno, a bitcoin barter with a strong attendance in Southeast Asia and Africa and an appointment in Cape Town.
Bitcoin Adoption Growing in South Africa
“Bitcoin absorption and acceptance in South Africa is demography off big time,” alike admitting 90% of payments in the country are still cash-based, Luno revealed in April.
The country currently ranks fourth in Google Trends amid countries with the best Bitcoin-related searches globally, abaft alone Nigeria, Bolivia, and Ghana. The best accepted chase affair is “Bitcoin – Payment System.” Within South Africa, the trend is steadily increasing.
In November aftermost year, Luno fabricated a list of food online and offline area bitcoin payments are accustomed in South Africa. The barter wrote at the time:
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