How Restaurants Like Waffle House Could Accept Bitcoin Today
The first Waffle House opened its doors in 1955, five years after Diner’s Club issued the world’s first multiple merchant credit card. It was only in 2006 – 61 years later – that Waffle House began accepting credit cards as payment. But the upgrade to Waffle House’s point-of-sale hardware allowing them to take credit cards opens the company up to even....
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Menufy, a service that allows restaurants to offer customers online ordering, announced rather informally today that they have completed an integration with Coinbase that will allow customers to purchase food at nearly 400 restaurants using bitcoin. The Kansas City-based service, available in about 28 states, will build and host a restaurant's page (for free) to offer a streamlined and functional way to order food online. The benefit for businesses is that they need not build a proprietary system or invest in other hefty-priced ordering platforms. And while the selection isn't that broad....
US-based online restaurants service Menufy has integrated Coinbase into its e-commerce platform, allowing consumers to spend bitcoin at hundreds of US restaurants. Menufy didn't make much of a fuss out of the news, however - the Coinbase deal was announced only on Twitter and reddit. The company says its service is available in nearly 400 restaurants across 28 states. The service is free of charge, so any restaurant that wants to enroll can do so freely, with no contracts. Level playing field. Menufy develops e-commerce software and custom websites for each of its restaurants. The service....
A specialty tea products retailer based in China’s Hunan province, Urban Tea, has introduced crypto payments in its stores and restaurants on two continents. Starting from this week, customers will be able to buy its beverages and meals using various cryptocurrencies. Chinese Tea Stores and Restaurants to Accept Crypto The publicly traded tea company runs a number of tea stores in China through its subsidiary, 39 Pu Tea Co Ltd. It also operates a chain of restaurants in the U.S. under another entity, Guokui Management Inc. A press release details that both of them will accept....
Singapore was once a haven for cryptocurrency enthusiasts but now the government is tightening its reins and restricting the use of digital assets. Nonetheless, restaurants in Singapore continue to accept crypto payments despite the legislative sanctions. Joo Bar and Maison Ikkoku spearhead the move to push the use of crypto payments for many businesses in […]
Is your business one that accepts Bitcoin? Starting in early April, Redditors started to notice that certain Yelp businesses around the country were starting to show “Accepts Bitcoin” on their Yelp pages. Even more fascinating to the Bitcoin community, at the time, was the fact that Yelp seemed to have been the ones to provide this option for restaurants. Yelp is currently in the process of creating a searchable directory of Bitcoin businesses around the world. Currently, businesses that are updating their Yelp page will have a new check box to check under Business Information: Accepts....