PayPal will allow merchants to accept crypto payments with automatic settlement in Pyusd

The new tool, initially available in the US, will allow merchants to accept payments with cryptocurrencies and receive USD, with very low cost commissions. This will be possible through automatic settlements in Pyusd, the stablcoin of PayPal.

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• The option “Pay with Crypto” It will be initially available for merchants in the United States.
  
• Accepted cryptocurrencies will become Pyusd, Stablecoin issued by Paxos
  
• The Transaction Commission will begin by 0.99% and increase to 1.5% in the second year.

The company’s operating company operating better known, Paypal, He has taken a new step in his integration strategy with the crypto ecosystem, this by announcing a solution of payments that will allow small businesses to accept a wide variety of cryptocurrencies for their products.

Objective: Facilitate international payments with cryptocurrencies

According to a statement published by the company today, payments can be processed through a new function called “Pay with Crypto”which will be deployed in the coming weeks and will be initially available for merchants in the United States. The solution seeks to simplify the acceptance of international payments and significantly reduce associated rates.

At the operational level, PayPal Explain that Cryptocurrency payments received by beneficiaries will automatically become Pyusd, the stablecoin of the company administered by Paxos, and then they will be liquidated in USD for merchants.

“The businesses of all sizes face enormous challenges when growing globally, from high costs for accepting international payments to complex technical integrations. Today we are eliminating those barriers and helping each business, regardless of their size, to achieve its objectives,” said the CEO of Paypal, Alex Chriss, in an official statement.

The new tool will apply a 0.99% commission per transaction during the first year of use, which will then increase to 1.5%. According to Paypal, These rates are considerably lower than those charged to process payments with international credit cards.

The proposal seeks to position itself as an attractive alternative for businesses that seek to reduce their operational costs and access almost instant payments, All while they store their income in Pyusd with an estimated yield of up to 4% to 5% when they remain on the platform of PayPal.

Broad compatibility with purses and tokens

In this first stage, “Pay with Crypto” will be compatible with the purses of Coinbase, OKX, Binance, Kraken, Phantom, Metamk and Exodus. Integration will allow buyers to use cryptocurrencies stored in these services to pay directly to registered businesses.

External reports, such as Fortune, indicate that the new service will also admit certain popular memecoins, such as Trump and Fartcoin. Depending on token, PayPal will sell the assets through centralized exchanges such as Coinbase, or decentralized as Unisswap, and will send the equivalent funds in US dollars to the merchant.

This movement represents an extension of the crypto ecosystem that PayPal It has been building since 2020, when it began allowing its users to buy, sell and store tokens such as Bitcoin and Ethereum From your own platform.

Pyusd: the stablecoin of PayPal

In 2023, PayPal It became one of the first great technological ones to launch its own stablecoin with the debut of Pyusd. Issued by Paxos, It is backed by liquid assets in US dollars and, currently, appears as the twelfth currency of its largest type in the market, with a capitalization close to USD $ 900 million.

Despite its growing adoption within the company’s ecosystem, PayPal He clarified that Pyusd does not support the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (Fdic) or the Investor Protection Corporation in Securities (SIPC)so it does not offer federal guarantees in case of loss.

This launch positions PayPal As one of the most aggressive traditional actors in the incorporation of cryptoactive ones within their payment infrastructure, now aiming to expand their use beyond individual users towards retail trade.

Written article with the help of an AI content editor, edited by Angel Di Matteo / Diariobitcoin

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