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Pick n Pay Is The First Grocer To Accept Bitcoin As Payment

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Pick n Pay Is The First Grocer To Accept Bitcoin As Payment

Evan SaundersbyEvan Saunders
September 17, 2017
in Tech
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Pick n Pay has announced that, for a limited time, it will be trialing the acceptance of Bitcoin at a few of its Cape Town stores. The news is something of a shock for many as this is “potentially a world first for a major grocery retailer”.

As South Africa’s second largest supermarket chain store, the company has been known to test quite a few innovative tech enhancements, from how they stock their product to how you pay and save for each. Pick n Pay, in partnership with Electrum, a Cape Town-based software payments company, made the announcement this past week to accept one of the leading cryptocurrencies in the world.

Pick n Pay Is The First Grocer To Accept Bitcoin As Payment

While Bitcoin has become something of a heated topic of late, as it stands, there has been no implosion as yet, which means that many companies will soon fall behind the trend if they don’t eventually align their business with the uptake. And this is exactly Pick n Pay’s stance.

How it Works

While not quite as straight-forward as swiping your debit or credit cards, it’s still relatively easy, almost similar to carrying out a Snapscan or Zapper payment. Once you’ve chosen your items to purchase and reach the checkout, simply let the cashier know that you’ll be make a Bitcoin payment, which they’ll then select on the PoS system. A QR code will then be printed for the user to scan from the Luno app installed on your smartphone, which shows how much Bitcoin will be used before accepting the payment.

Luno, which also has an office in Cape Town, is a global Bitcoin company that allows users to buy, sell, send and spend Bitcoin currency. The integration allows customers to pay for their Pick n Pay purchases using their Bitcoin wallet.

The Bitcoin Rush

There are still many skeptics to using the cryptocurrency but, if you’re already farming and using it, there’s no reason why you wouldn’t want to use your Bitcoins where possible. For most Bitcoin users, there’s been a shortage of viable options and places to spend and this major step has huge potential, not only in South Africa but across the globe. In addition, if there were to be an eventual crash of the cryptocurrency, why not make the most of it while the iron’s hot?

What are your thoughts? Will the integration of accepting cryptocurrencies as payments in local stores make it easier for you to accept as payment in the future?

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Comments 3

  1. Naphtal says:
    3 years ago

    Thanks Pick and pay to make Bitcoin

    Reply
  2. Earl says:
    3 years ago

    Marvelous . forward thinking.

    Reply
  3. CJ Visser says:
    3 years ago

    Very smart move on PicknPay’s side. Other stores are sure to follow, not to be left out in the cold. Since sources as ancient as the Bible (Rev 13:16,17) predicts a cashless society at the “end of time,” moving to use cryptocurrencies, which exist only in cyberspace and other virtual spaces, should be expected. Most clientele I would imagine currently use debit cards to pay for groceries or other goods. Eventually cash will be phased out altogether, and introducing bitcoin at the tills is yet another move towards this goal.

    Reply

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