South African grocer Pick n Pay pilots in-store bitcoin payments 
South African grocery chain Pick n Pay has piloted in-store payments using bitcoin. The exercise used Electrum's cloud-based payments platform on infrastructure provided by global bitcoin company Luno. Customers at the company's Cape Town head office campus store were able to use the cryptocurrency to buy groceries and services, checking out using a QR code scanner on their smartphones. Deputy CEO Richard van Rensburg said the trial was limited and that there were no plans to enable bitcoin payments until a more comprehensive regulatory framework for cryptocurrency use was in place.

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