French bus operator to start accepting Bitcoin
A French division of Transdev Group, Isilines, is offering customers the option of purchasing long-distance bus tickets with Bitcoin. The crytocurrency payment option is the first of its kind for Europe's transportation sector.

PARIS — After experimenting the payment of bus tickets with virtual currency, Bitcoin, a French company has become the first in its sector to set up this type of payment across Europe, reported CCN.LA.



Isilines, a new long-distance passenger transport division of Transdev Group, has been using Bitcoin as a method of payment alongside traditional credit card payments on its website since August 2, 2016, the report said.

Some of the advantages of this approach include that transactions are validated in ten minutes, allows immediate conversion of funds in euros, provides a means for tourists to avoid exchange fees associated with credit card payments and as an initiative that reflects an innovation-oriented mindset, according to CCN.LA.

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