Crypto Payments Don Dey Live for 650,000 South African Merchants
Scan to Pay don partner wit Bitcoin payment provider MoneyBadger to launch better crypto payments for over 650,000 merchants for South Africa. People wey dey use Binance, Luno, Blink, and VALR fit now pay with crypto—like Bitcoin and stablecoins—directly for checkout with QR codes. Merchants go still collect their money for rand through MoneyBadger connection with exchanges or Lightning Network accounts. By cuttin out the crypto-to-fiat conversion step, this system let holders take spend digital assets on things like groceries, dining, and online shopping for big chains like Shoprite, Checkers, Makro, and Vodacom. Luno get 30,000 merchants too wey make more places dey covered. MoneyBadger CEO Carel van Wyk and Scan to Pay product head Theo Koma talk say this rollout na big move from saving money to spending everyday, and e go help people get better financial access and use Bitcoin properly.
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Dis partnership dey expand Bitcoin real-world use well well by making crypto payments possible for 650,000 merchants, wey fit make transaction volumes and on-chain activities high for short term. E remove conversion wahala and e join main retail chains plus Luno’s 30,000-merchant network, e also lay ground well for more consumer use and stable demand for Bitcoin for long term. Overall, more merchant acceptance and daily use cases dey strong network effects and fit help push price up.