Bitso: Rolls out QR code payments in Argentina
- Bitso, the leading cryptocurrency platform in Latin America, with more than 5 million users
- Launches its crypto-enabled QR code payments system in Argentina — a first for the region
- This new service allows more than one million customers in Argentina to make everyday payments from the app at any store
- If users choose to make a payment with cryptocurrency, automatic conversion to Argentine pesos
- The payment will then be sent to the merchant. If the payment is made directly with pesos, no charge applies
- According to the Mastercard New Payments Index, 59% of Argentinians have used QR payments in the last year
