{"id":21161,"date":"2017-09-17T12:50:25","date_gmt":"2017-09-17T10:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.radioislam.org.za\/wordpress\/2017\/09\/17\/watch-bitcoin-accepted-at-pick-n-pay-a-world-first-for-grocery-retailer\/"},"modified":"2017-09-17T12:50:25","modified_gmt":"2017-09-17T10:50:25","slug":"watch-bitcoin-accepted-at-pick-n-pay-a-world-first-for-grocery-retailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/watch-bitcoin-accepted-at-pick-n-pay-a-world-first-for-grocery-retailer\/","title":{"rendered":"[WATCH] Bitcoin Accepted at Pick n Pay &#8211; A World First for Grocery Retailer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News &#8211; 17-09-2017<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In what has been described as \u201cpotentially a world first for a major grocery retailer\u201d, shoppers will for a \u201climited time\u201d be able to pay for their groceries using bitcoin at a Pick n Pay retail store in Cape Town.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a statement, Cape Town-based specialist software payments development company Electrum, says customers at Pick n Pay\u2019s campus store are now able to use the bitcoin cryptocurrency to purchase groceries and services.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe checkout process is as simple as scanning a QR code using a bitcoin wallet app on the customer\u2019s smartphone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Systems executive at Pick n Pay, Jason Peisl says that although bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are \u201cstill relatively new payment concepts\u201d, the retailer has been able to \u201ceffectively demonstrate how they are able to accept such alternative payments\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Electrum\u2019s Dave Glass says they provided the cloud-based enterprise payments platform used for the transactions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe\u2019ve worked closely with PnP for several years as a key technology provider. Our mission is to support innovative enterprises like Pick n Pay, and together we use the advanced Electrum software-as-a-service technology to move quickly on new opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pick n Pay did not say if it planned to expand the pilot to other stores.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; Radio Islam &amp; Tech Central\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>Watch video of Bitcoin now accepted at Pick n Pay\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DUyK69pHtEE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FaizelPatel143\" rel=\"alternate\">Twitter: @FaizelPatel143<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News &#8211; 17-09-2017 In what has been described as \u201cpotentially a world first for a major grocery retailer\u201d, shoppers will for a \u201climited time\u201d be able to pay for their groceries using bitcoin at a Pick n Pay retail store in Cape Town. 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