Just Eat, a UK-based online food delivery company, has started accepting Bitcoin (BTC) payments for over 15.000 restaurants in France.
The online food delivery and distribution service Just Eat France partnered with cryptocurrency payment provider Bitpay to accept payments with Bitcoin (BTC). From September 7th, Just Eat France will be accepting payment for its services with Bitcoin without charging any additional interest for using the cryptocurrencyThe company also reported that transactions made with Bitcoin will be backed by the price of the cryptocurrency as indicated by Bitpay.
The payment process is very simple, users just need to select “Bitcoin” as their payment option when placing an order, and the company’s website will immediately redirect them to the payment provider Bitpay. Once there, users must verify that the information is correct and accept the request that will appear in the wallet to make the payment. Afterwards, users will be redirected back to the Just Eat France portal to process the order in the system and make the deliveries. It is important that users have a Bitcoin wallet in order to make a payment with this option successfully.
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Bitcoin, an efficient and secure means of payment
In general, the current situation around the world is driving many companies to adopt digital payment methods that allow maintaining and respecting security measures against the current pandemic, while reducing physical contact between people and having to receive cash. Due to this, the delivery services giant added several digital payment methods, including Bitcoin, a cryptocurrency considered by many to be a viable, effective, efficient and secure means of payment.
For Just Eat France, using Bitcoin as a payment method is a way to democratize and promote the use of cryptocurrencies on a massive scale among the general public, and even more so now that the French food delivery giant has been acquired by the Dutch company Takeaway, which has been accepting payments with this cryptocurrency since 2017.
It is important to remember that Just Eat is a British multinational online food ordering and distribution company based in 13 countries in Europe, Asia and America, so it is a company that handles billions of users around the world.
With this initiative, Just Eat France aims to simplify digital ordering and payments at over 15.000 restaurants in the country that are affiliated with the company's delivery services. Lastly, Just Eat France states that if a user cancels an order for any reason, they will receive a refund on the amount paid for the service, and that the refund will be transferred to a bank account in euros of the user instead of receiving BTC.
About Just Eat
Just Eat is a company founded in the United Kingdom in 2001, dedicated to providing online food and meal delivery and distribution services. Currently, the company has main offices in London, England and the United Kingdom, but it also has branches in countries such as Ireland, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Denmark, Italy, Brazil, Spain, Switzerland and France, the latter being the only office that has announced Bitcoin as a payment method to date.
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