Austria Gets 600 merchants Selling Bitcoin Overnight

The operator of Austria’s first Bitcoin ATM, Coinfinity, has unveiled a voucher scheme enabling Bitcoin to be purchased from over 600 merchants nationwide.
Bitcoinbon, German for ‘Bitcoin voucher,’ centers around small shops, which will offer a till-generated voucher in exchange for euro which customers can then credit to their wallet.
A similar idea has been in operation in South Korea, with the emphasis now switching to physical gift cards over till receipts.
Coinfinity, which is headquartered in the city of Graz, already functions as an education venue for Bitcoin propagation in Austria, as well as its first BTM provider. It also facilitates purchases of bitcoins via Sofort, a German-centered payment platform, which allows customers to make direct debit purchases directly from their bank accounts without the need for a credit or debit card. The company writes:

This post was published at Coin Telegraph on 2015-02-04.