🇵🇪 Peru has completed its first cryptocurrency payment from a bank as part of a pilot project.
The Banco de Crédito del Perú (BCP) has completed the first cryptocurrency payment issued by a bank in Peru.
An employee used a token issued by the bank to buy coffee from a café, as part of a pilot project for these technologies.
Lennin Carrillo, head of the blockchain and cryptocurrency department at BCP, said:
"We wanted to understand the difficulties that someone who knows nothing about cryptocurrencies might face, but is accustomed to digital wallets, when downloading a wallet, adding a token, and then using it. All of this was provided by the bank, without any financial risk to the user."
The Banco de Crédito del Perú (BCP) has completed the first cryptocurrency payment issued by a bank in Peru.
An employee used a token issued by the bank to buy coffee from a café, as part of a pilot project for these technologies.
Lennin Carrillo, head of the blockchain and cryptocurrency department at BCP, said:
"We wanted to understand the difficulties that someone who knows nothing about cryptocurrencies might face, but is accustomed to digital wallets, when downloading a wallet, adding a token, and then using it. All of this was provided by the bank, without any financial risk to the user."
