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Global travel portal Sky-tours and cryptocurrency tax accounting firm BearTax are the first customers to integrate RocketFuel-powered crypto payments for frictionless checkouts
San Franciso, California, March 31, 2021 — RocketFuel Blockchain, Inc. (OTC: RKFL) (“RocketFuel” or the “Company”), a global provider of one-click online payment options using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, today announced the launch of its blockchain-based payments solution. RocketFuel is the first cryptocurrency payment service to provide a seamless and elegant one-click checkout experience that today’s digital- and mobile-centric consumers have come to expect from eCommerce marketplaces. The service allows merchants and consumers to easily pay via 43 different cryptocurrencies or direct bank transfers in a completely secure environment. The first merchants to implement RocketFuel’s crypto acceptance functionality include global online travel portal Sky-tours and cryptocurrency tax accounting firm BearTax.
RocketFuel eliminates the need for payment intermediaries, significantly reducing merchant costs associated with card network fees, bank fees, and chargeback costs, and improves merchant cash flow. Using RocketFuel’s secure API, merchants can integrate RocketFuel’s payment solution in their online stores to offer highly optimized purchase experiences while reducing cart abandonment rates and fraud-related costs. In addition to being able to make payments from any cryptocurrency digital wallet, shoppers can also make payments directly from today’s leading cryptocurrency exchange accounts with one-click.
“E-commerce has become mainstream, but the payment technologies available to merchants are old-fashioned, based on technologies which are not in-line with the needs and demands of modern consumers who prefer digital and contactless payments over cards or cash,” said Peter Jensen, CEO of RocketFuel. “Cryptocurrency represents the future of payments and is already disrupting the status quo by offering merchants a better, more economical option for their businesses and customers.”
Sky-tours implemented RocketFuel’s eCommerce cryptocurrency solution in its popular global travel portal to handle the surge in traffic to its site due to the recent post-pandemic revival of travel and tourism. “In the wake of Covid, the war on cash became a very real thing, and RocketFuel’s universal payment method empowered us to continue doing business regardless of the type of currency being used,” said Randy Alleyne, CEO of Sky-tours. “RocketFuel is a pioneer in breaking down the barriers to entry on both sides of the transaction and changing the economics for merchants like us so we can operate in a highly efficient and profitable manner while preserving the security and trust consumers expect from our service.”
BearTax, a cryptocurrency tax accounting firm, leveraged RocketFuel’s solution to satisfy customer requests to pay for its services via cryptocurrencies. “As a provider of cryptocurrency tax software, we have a very high bar for working with other crypto providers, and they must adhere to a stringent set of standards,” said Vamshi Vangapally, CEO of BearTax. “RocketFuel checked all of the boxes and more and has been a great partner – opening the door to innovative crypto payment solutions that make our customer’s lives easier.”
Until now, demand among merchants and consumers for cryptocurrency payments has been limited and cast off as a future method of managing digital currency. All of this changed last year, with the pandemic serving as a catalyst to the acceptance of cryptocurrency as a global, currency-agnostic method of payment. Last year, in the US alone, eCommerce grew by 44%, accelerating online sales by ten years in mere months and fueling demand for crypto-based purchases. In addition, within the next few years, experts forecast there will be over 200 million cryptocurrency wallet holders worldwide ready to participate in this new era of payments.
About RocketFuel Blockchain, Inc.
RocketFuel Blockchain Inc. is a global payment processing company offering online merchants next-generation blockchain payments solutions that include efficient and intuitive acceptance of 43 cryptocurrencies and direct bank transfers, a highly secure and efficient shopping cart experience, and significantly lower fees and associated costs.
RocketFuel’s solutions focus on enhanced customer privacy protection eliminating the risk of a data breach while improving speed, security, and ease of use. RocketFuel users are able to enjoy seamless checkout and forget the clunky cart paradigm of the past. RocketFuel merchants are able to implement new impulse buying schemes and generate new sales channels that were unavailable in present-day eCommerce solutions. More information about RocketFuel is available at www.RocketFuelBlockchain.com
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