South Australia Service Stations Set to Embrace Crypto as a Means of Payment From July
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The adoption of cryptocurrency is steadily on the rise, and many private and public organizations are cautiously exploring the idea of using digital currency as a payment mechanism.According to local reports, residents in South Australia will be able to use cryptocurrencies at service stations and convenience stores from June 2022. Over 170 Service Stations, Will Accept Payments in Crypto On The Run (OTR), operators of 170 BP service stations across the state, will begin accepting payments in cryptocurrencies from July. These operations include service stations, C-Coffee dine-in and drive through cafes, Subway, Oporto and Wokinabox restaurants. This development will spread across to the corporation’s group of companies’ point of sale merchant terminals in metropolitan Adelaide and regional Australia. In addition, The Peregrine Corporation, OTR’s parent company, is part of a collaborative relationship with Singapore-based payments and cryptocurrency company, Crypto.com to install its Pay Merchant service as its main payment settlement platform. Impact on the Australian Crypto Ecosystem Giant payment company Worldpay conducted an internal research and discovered that 75% of Crypto.com users would love to purchase goods and services via cryptocurrency in 2022, mainly in the commercial sector. Additionally, an Australian cryptocurrency exchange Swyftx, reckoned that many Australian business leaders would be open to exploring integrating crypto in their business when it becomes regulated.The Australian government has been exploring the best ways to regulate crypto-focused companies as the popularity of cryptocurrency continues to grow in the Pacific nation.These moves have excited the local crypto community, with industry stakeholder Karl Mohan noting that crypto payments could benefit retailers and business owners.