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Payments Provider BitPay Rolls Out Cryptocurrency Payroll Service
With the launch, BitPay now provides an alternative to crypto payroll services such as BitWage.
Updated May 9, 2023, 3:13 a.m. Published Nov 13, 2020, 9:05 a.m.
Payments provider BitPay has launched a new service enabling businesses to pay employees, contractors, customers and vendors en masse with cryptocurrency.
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- Announced Friday, BitPay Send is a payout service with a focus on international and gig-economy companies looking to pay multiple recipients online simultaneously.
- “Blockchain payment adoption is growing because it offers an easy way to send and receive payments on a global scale,” said BitPay CEO Stephen Pair.
- With the new service, companies don't need to buy, own or manage cryptocurrency, while the recipients receive payment more efficiently and at a reduced cost, Pair added.
- BitPay Send lets companies perform a variety of payment functions including payroll, customer cash-out requests, contractor payments, reward issuance and settlements with marketplace sellers.
- Recipients need to have a BitPay ID and cryptocurrency wallet in order to receive payment and companies are charged a 1% fee. There are no foreign exchange fees.
- With the launch, BitPay now provides an alternative to crypto payroll services such as BitWage.
- BitPay launched in 2013 with a focus on enabling businesses to accept payment in bitcoin and has raised $72.5 million to date in investment, according to Crunchbase.
See also: After Years of Resistance, BitPay Adopts SegWit for Cheaper Bitcoin Transactions
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