Dutch Payment Service Mollie Takes Bitcoin to 10,000+ Merchants
Dutch payments provider Mollie has now added bitcoin to its long list of online payment methods. Established in 2004, Mollie is one of the leading payments services in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, catering to more than 10,000 merchants across the Benelux region, according to the company. The company says that the addition of bitcoin will allow thousands of merchants to start accepting the digital currency immediately, without the need for further integration. Furthermore, merchants do not need to have any experience with bitcoin or even a bitcoin wallet to use the new service.....
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