BitX Offers Bitcoin Payments Across Southeast Asia

BitX Offers Bitcoin Payments Across Southeast Asia

According to RealMoneyAsia, Singapore-based Bitcoin exchange BitX has partnered with payments gateway CodaPayments to offer Bitcoin payments across Southeast Asia. BitX had recently collaborated with the local payments gateway company in order to serve the unbanked and the underserved population of Southeast Asia. The Bitcoin exchange will provide instant currency conversion services at PoS to mitigate the Bitcoin volatility risks for merchants. Coda Payments which caters to markets such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Singapore, boasts of customers in excess of....


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