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Our users can now seamlessly spend Bitcoin at a wide network of merchants powered by leading African payment services provider Peach Payments, through a direct integration with MoneyBadger.
Blink, a leading Bitcoin wallet focused on empowering everyday transactions, today announced that its users can now seamlessly spend Bitcoin at a wide network of merchants powered by leading African payment services provider Peach Payments, through a direct integration with MoneyBadger, a prominent Bitcoin payment solution provider in South Africa.
This partnership marks a significant step in expanding the utility of Bitcoin for daily purchases, especially within the growing African market. Blink users can now effortlessly pay for goods and services at Peach Payments merchants by utilizing MoneyBadger's innovative payment system.
"We are thrilled to be part of this collaboration that brings greater spending opportunities to our users," stated Kemal Yasar, Blink’s Director of Marketing. "Our goal at Blink is to make Bitcoin accessible for all by supporting everyday bitcoin adoption with technology. This integration with MoneyBadger and Peach Payments means that Blink users can now easily make purchases where MoneyBadger is accepted, reinforcing Bitcoin's role as a true medium of exchange."
MoneyBadger's technology processes Bitcoin transactions efficiently, often using the Lightning Network, and ensures that merchants receive settlement in their local fiat currency (South African Rand) without exposure to Bitcoin's price volatility. This behind-the-scenes conversion removes complexity for businesses while providing consumers with a smooth payment experience.
The integration underlines the increasing adoption of Bitcoin for everyday transactions, moving beyond its role purely as a store of value. It reflects a growing global trend towards more efficient, open, and user-centric payment systems.
Blink encourages its community to explore the expanding network of businesses accepting Bitcoin payments through this exciting new avenue.
Blink is an open source Bitcoin Lightning Network development company. Blink aims to support everyday Bitcoin adoption around the world by providing easy to use Lightning Network services. Blink services include a world top 40 Lightning node, a user friendly Lightning wallet with users across 165 countries and most popular in Bitcoin circular economies, a developer friendly API, a Bitcoin backed stable dollar and more. Blink was founded in El Salvador in Bitcoin Beach in 2020.
Peach Payments is a fast-growing African payment solution provider (PSP) that makes offline and online payments easier and more accessible across Kenya, Mauritius and South Africa. The company works with growing enterprises to provide a complete toolkit to accept, manage and disburse payments through point-of-sale, web and mobile. Peach Payments’ merchant partners include your favourite food delivery services, whether you’re ordering in or using a meal kit, travel services that can help you book your next getaway adventure and even your home cleaning service. For these partners and their customers, Peach Payments aims to provide delightful experiences that make it as easy as possible to facilitate payments. Peach Payments recently agreed to acquire West-African payment platform PayDunya, which operates in six Francophone countries: Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Burkina Faso, Togo, and Mali.
MoneyBadger makes Bitcoin payments safe and easy, whether online or in physical stores. Merchants are settled in Rands or Bitcoin. Its merchant API supports Lightning Network transactions as well as all major wallet providers and crypto tokens they support. Its universal translator app bridges the gap between legacy point-of-sale (POS) systems and Bitcoin payments via a QR code scanner.
MoneyBadger was founded in Stellenbosch by industry stalwarts Carel van Wyk (ex-Luno and SnapScan), Carl Kritzinger (ex KnowBe4 and FireWorks) and Brent Petersen (ex Easy Crypto) in 2022. Its first major client was Pick n Pay, which debuted crypto payments in February 2023.
Media Contact: Kemal Yasar kemal@blinkbtc.com
