Mexican Retailer Famsa Integrates Bitcoin

Mexican Retailer Famsa Integrates Bitcoin

Comments added from Alberto Vega, BitPay's Regional Manager for Latin America. Latin American e-tailer Famsa is now accepting bitcoin for online purchases. The chain, founded in 1970, sells a variety of consumer goods and electronics across Mexico and the US. It is processing transactions via Atlanta firm BitPay. The news follows last month's announcement from MercadoLibre - the 'eBay of Latin America' - that it would integrate bitcoin, and a deal between Mexico's BitPagos and Entrepids to allow e-commerce stores to accept the currency. Alberto Vega, BitPay's regional manager for Latin....


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