One of four companies surveyed plans to accept cryptocurrency payments this year - featured

The payment giant Visa has carried out a survey among small companies and found that almost a quarter of the respondents are planning to accept cryptocurrency payments this year. "I think more people feel safer with crypto," said a visa manager.

Small companies in 9 countries plan to accept cryptocurrencies this year

VISA published a study on digital payments on Wednesday. It was carried out by Wakefield Research in December 2021 and included a survey of 2,250 small business owners with 100 employees or less in Brazil, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Russia, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates and the USA

VISA described that a way forward for small and small companies (SME) in 2022 includes "Long on digital payments - even crypto". The payment giant explained:

24 % of those surveyed stated that they wanted to accept digital currencies such as cryptocurrency Bitcoin.

The company explained: "Overwhelming 82 % of the SMEs surveyed stated that they plan to accept some form of digital options in 2022, and 73 % see the acceptance of new forms of payment as fundamental to their business growth."

Jeni Mundy, Global Head of Merchant Sales and Acquiring at Visa, was quoted with the words:

I think more people feel safer with crypto.

In December, Visa crypto consulting services . In addition, the KRYPTO boss of Visa recently announced that the company did this Partner with 60 cryptocurrency platforms with which consumers can spend digital currencies at 80 million dealers worldwide.

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Kevin Helms

As a student of Austrian economics, Kevin Bitcoin discovered in 2011 and has been an evangelist ever since. His interests lie in Bitcoin security, open source systems, network effects and the interface between economy and cryptography.

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