Caribbean service Bitcoin wallets Caricoin introduced a mobile payment function, in partnership with the payment company Bitrefill. It is expected that this will help residents who do not have access to banking services.
The new feature allows you to quickly replenish the account of the phone at low rates and send payment means Caricoin service users directly from the mobile application.
"Mobile Payment - the perfect way to introduce new users to the Caribbean with the world of digital currency. Since customers using Bitcoin, the world's best available rates for mobile payment, this is a good incentive to start using Bitcoin to gain access to these benefits, "- said the director of Caricoin Ltd. Carsten Becker.
According Caricoin Intelligence, an annual market volume of mobile payments in the Caribbean is estimated at $ 300 million, and the use of Bitcoins will help the region to save millions of dollars.
In addition, according to the World Bank report on migration and remittances, published in October 2015, more than half of the region's residents do not use the services of banks and do not have access to credit cards, so Caricoin purse helps them solve the financial problems.
Bitrefill - online service for mobile payments via Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency presented in 150 countries. The company's partners are such major operators like AT & T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Vodafone and Orange.
Caricoin - British company with offices in Jamaica, providing services for the implementation of online payments, mobile payments and sending money using Bitcoins worldwide.
The Caribbean islands are a popular area for blokcheyn innovation. At the end of March to the Antilles was launched Bitcoin exchange Bitt-platform, and in early April the US online retailer Overstock put into it $ 4 million for the promotion of virtual currency in the Caribbean. Bitt previously created digital Barbadian dollar blokcheyn system with the support of the Central Bank of Barbados.