Ricardo Salinas, President of Elektra Group, points out the inclusion of Lightning Network Payments in Mexico - Bitcoin News
Ricardo Salinas, President of Elektra Group, points out the inclusion of Lightning Network Payments in Mexico - Bitcoin News
Ricardo Salinas, President of Elektra Group, one of the largest retail companies in Mexico, pointed out the opportunity to integrate payments with the second layer solution from Bitcoin, the Lightning Network. Salinas announced this yesterday on Twitter. This would enable the country's residents to pay devices in the shop directly with cryptocurrency.
Elektra Group could accept cryptocurrency
The Elektra Group, one of the largest franchise companies for household appliances in Mexico, indicated the opportunity to accept Bitcoin payments in the near future. These payments would be made via a second Bitcoin layer, the Lightning Network, which tries to tackle the increasing fees for basic shift transactions in order to make Bitcoin more attractive for trade purposes.
The announcement was made by the President of Elektra Group, Ricardo Salinas, who commented on the Bitcoin introduction, which El Salvador is currently hugging. comment a video message that shows a bitcoin purchase in El Zonte, the "bitcoin-beach", explains:
very soon we will have this in our Elektra-Store network.
This could be a way to bring Bitcoin and cryptocurrency to the Mexican markets, since Elektra is one of the most successful franchise in Mexico. According to A test report in 2015 sold seven out of ten motorcycles, one of four television of five refrigerators.
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Salinas also said that the Elektra Group is working on other initiatives to bring Bitcoin closer to the residents of Mexico. When asked about the possibility of putting Bitcoin money machines into the shops, Salinas replied that this could be possible. Salinas also explained that the electric group is working on a system that users can save in Bitcoin.
The electric group is an important provider of financial services via Banco Azteca, one of the two largest banks in the country. Salinas' statement could mean that Elektra plans to offer a kind of savings instrument in Bitcoin via its financial arm. Salinas had In June he worked on the first bank in June in Mexico is accepted Bitcoin and recommended the crypto asset to the dollar.
He received a quick refutation from Finance Minister Arturo Herrera, the specified that cryptocurrencies in the Mexican financial system could not be used and that this ban will probably not change in the near future.
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