On 20 September, the Spanish payment platform Bitnovo announced that Spanish residents could now buy bitcoin cards from fifty Carrefour stores across the country.
50 Spanish Crossroads to Sell Bitcoin Bitcoin Cards
The Bitnovo startup continues its expansion throughout Spain by launching maps preloaded in Bitcoins. They can be bought in more than fifty Carrefour supermarkets located in the country. Spain is the second largest Carrefour market after France, and is present in more than 30 countries. Sales of smart cards to Carrefour are part of Bitnovo's launch of more than 4,000 new physical sites in Spain.
"By strengthening Bitcoin in all corners of the world, we launched a new product" Bitnovo
You can now buy bitcoins at Carrefour, without the need for special documents.
Bitnovo & Carrefour: Bitcoin without procedure KYC
Bitnovo Bitcoin cards are available for purchase on the store gift card display, along with restaurant coupons, Itunes cards and other retail coupons. The company says customers can buy the bitcoin cards with cash or credit card and they do not need to provide any particular documents. To buy a bitcoin card loaded from Bitnovo, Spanish residents can go to one of the fifty partner outlets and choose a card with the desired amount. The company claims that bitcoin cards can be instantly traded in any Bitcoin portfolio.
"The gift card format is ideal to offer, and introduce your parents or friends to the exciting world of cryptomony. (...) With our cards you do not need to keep your bitcoins at home, you can store it in your favorite wallet and convert it if needed. It is a very fast process, without login or registration. »Bitnovo
Bitnovo & Carrefour: the competition is already there, and it is French
The main competition of Bitnovo is a company called 247 Exchange, which sells loaded bitcoin cards issued by the French company Neosurf. According to the trading platform, customers can buy cryptomy in many local stores that use the Neosurf prepaid card system. Otherwise, Bitnovo seems to be the only company in Spain to produce Bitcoins cards at the moment. In 2015, a startup called Coinay attempted to launch a business based on the same Bitcoin card principle, but failed.