by Alexander Romero 
Buy Bitcoin at 7-ELEVEN stores in the Philippines!
7-ELEVEN, the well-known chain of American convenience stores is also established in Asian countries like Thailand or the Philippines.
These stores are open 24/7 and have been very successful in Asia or America for a long time.
Asians who are fond of shopping or eating and go to a 7-ELEVEN store almost every day to buy everything from drinks, sandwiches, alcohol, cigarettes or to pay electricity bills.
Now, in the Philippines, it will be possible to buy Bitcoin at 7-ELEVEN, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!
That’s 6000 7-ELEVEN stores all over the country.
The company specializing in cryptocurrency applications Abra is now starting to sell Bitcoin in 7-ELEVEN stores by partnering with ECPay.
Abra announced a partnership with ECPay allowing Filipinos to buy cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin in convenience stores like 7-11.
Abra, the company behing the Abra Crypto Wallet said:
“The use of new digital tools that open financial access should not be difficult.
And they should not be complicated.
The transfer of money to cryptocurrency and other digital resources must be simple and fast.
That’s why we’re so excited to announce our new partnership.”
How to buy Bitcoin at 7-ELEVEN in the Philippines?
By partnering with ECPay, users can search for Abra’s name in CLIQQ Financial Services.
Locate a CLIQQ booth at any 7-Eleven store in the Philippines.
Or download the CLIQQ mobile app to get started.
Search for Abra in the list of bill payments and complete the required fields.
Add the amount to deposit in your Abra wallet.
The minimum deposit is PHP 500 ($9.59) with a maximum amount of PHP 100,000 ($1,917) per day, with a transaction fee of 2%.
Confirm the details of the transaction, print the receipt and complete the transaction with the cashier.
The money will be added to your Abra wallet as PHP within 1 to 2 business days (excluding weekends and holidays).
This news is very encouraging for the Bitcoin community when we know the importance of 7-11 stores around the world, open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!
If it becomes as easy to buy Bitcoin as a bottle of Coca-Cola around the corner, this can only make Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies more and more popular and more and more easily accessible for the general public.
Let’s see whether 7-ELEVEN stores will do the same in the United States, making access to Bitcoin even easier in this country.
Thailand could follow the Philippines, there are 7-11 stores on every corner!
