On November 6th, SALAMANTEX celebrated its 5th anniversary. The early years were intense work but also felt extremely gratifying as daily there were new learnings and challenges to overcome. Now, after 5 years on this path of learning, it is time to implement those lessons, adapt to recent industry developments and transform our start-up into a well set-up Salamantex 2.0 for the long-run.
Tullnerfeld & Vienna - Austria, 14.03.2022
On March 29 and 30 at the 5th auction of Tiberius Auctions, we will experience a shift in the European auctioning business. For the first time, seven cryptocurrencies will be accepted as standard means of payment for artworks and antiques, next to conventional Euro payments.
Tullnerfeld - Austria, 28.02.2022
Tullnerfeld - Austria, 18.01.2022
The Swiss-based brokerage house is the latest business in the superyacht industry to accept cryprocurrency…
Tullnerfeld - Austria, 23.9.2021
With the recent addition to the SALAMANTEX interface, cryptocurrency NIM (Nimiq) is now accepted as payment currency at all connected merchants. This makes NIM part of an exclusive group of cryptocurrencies which can be used to pay for goods and services on payment terminals and in e-commerce.
Eschborn and Vienna, 25.03.2021
Concardis and Salamantex enable payment with cryptocurrencies at the POS throughout Austria".
Concardis, as part of the Nets Group one of Europe’s leading payment service providers, and Salamantex, Austrian specialist in the development of software solutions for crypto-payment, are rolling out the acceptance of digital currencies such as Bitcoin, Ether and Ripple nationwide in Austria.
Vienna - Austria, 25.03.2021
Partnership with Concardis enables further expansion in the payment sector.
Salamantex, a fintech from Tullnerfeld in Lower Austria, has reached another landmark: As announced in a joint press release earlier today, the specialist for cryptocurrency payment applications is enabling the acceptance of digital currencies such as Bitcoin, Ether or Dash as means of payment nationwide throughout Austria, made possible in partnership with Concardis, who as part of the Nets Group is one of the leading payment service providers in Europe.
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.