Tulln, 02.07.2020
Salamantex, specialist for digital payment processes, and A1 make Austria "crypto fit".
Owners of Bitcoins, Dash, and Co can be excited. From this summer on, they can spend their coins at more than 2,500 points of acceptance using A1 Payment - provided the merchant has activated the feature.
Duesseldorf/Vienna, 17.2.2020
Ingenico, one of the world's leading providers of secure and seamless payment solutions, and Salamantex, an Austrian Fintech company specializing in the development of software solutions for payment with digital currencies, will present the first POS terminal that has integrated the option of payment with digital currencies by default at the EuroShop 2020 - the world's largest trade fair for retail investment needs. The software from Salamantex enables merchants to accept cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum or Dash at the POS, but to receive the amount in Euros as usual.
Through its cooperation with Salamantex, Ingenico makes payment with cryptocurrencies available to the broad market for the first time. The OAI interface is already included as standard in Ingenico's TETRA model terminals. If desired, the option can remotely be installed and activated for products of type /5000.
Ottobrunn, 1 October 2019
The Austrian payment service provider Salamantex and the FinTech arm of the German WEG Bank AG, operating under the brand name TEN31, announce their cooperation. The common goal is to enable cryptocurrency payments in Germany. This will be done through the TEN31 banking regulatory framework. The WEG Bank AG from Ottobrunn, originally specialised in the real estate industry, combines its activities in the field of FinTech and in particular in blockchain-based applications under the name TEN31.
Vienna, 19th of August 2019
- From the 19th of August 2019 cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin & Co. will be accepted in selected A1 shops
- Austrian cryptocurrency specialist Salamantex enables simple and secure handling of new digital payment methods in the A1 Payment Service
- Digitalcurrencies open up new targe tgroups for businesses and create more opportunities for innovative consumers
Vienna, June 2019
With A1 Payment, A1 in partnership with Concardis offers companies a complete package for the cashless payment process. Together with Salamantex, an Austrian digital currency specialist and its partner for payment terminals, Ingenico, A1 is expanding its payment service: Companies will be able to accept digital currencies such as Alipay, WeChat Pay and cryptocurrencies in addition to their existing payment methods.
Vienna, June 2019
Cooperation between Austrian tech start-ups fiskaly and Salamantex enables the first all-in-one cash register system with payment functionality for cryptocurrencies.
On June 11th payments in cryptocurrency will become simple and secure in Austrian commercial and service companies and will thus become a “feasible" means of payment. The payment terminals of the Lower Austrian company Salamantex enable secure payment in shops and restaurants with digital currencies such as Bitcoin. As of June, they will also have the option to use a complete cash register from fiskaly. This provides innovative service providers, retailers and restaurateurs with the first all-in-one payment solution for crypto payments combined on a single device. They can now accept payments with Bitcoin & Co in a uniform process just like debit or credit card payments.
Tulln, January 2019
Salamantax, the crypto payment service provider for merchants, is entering a co-operation with electronic cash pioneers Dash.
Now customer visiting businesses supported by the Salamantex SX1801 POS Terminal, enjoy one more cryptocurrency to choose from besides Bitcoin. By installing the terminal, merchants can accept cryptocurrencies for their services, enjoy a monthly turnover reporting on each payment. The system handles the risk of Crypto to fiat exchange – a major barrier for most newcomers to digital currencies.
Tulln, 3.12.2018
With their Crypto Payment Service, the Lower Austrian IT start-up Salamantex now offers an all-in-one solution to merchants of any kind, enabling their customers to pay using cryptocurrency. After over one year of development, the first payment terminals will now be delivered to the first merchants in Austria. From idea to realization Just over one year ago, CEO René Pomassl and his six-headed team started developing the software. "For our own sake, we had the idea of creating a solution for the market in 2016," says the managing director, who has been dealing with cryptocurrencies and the underlying technology since 2012.
