Lolli, a company that lets online shoppers earn bitcoin in lieu
of regular cash-back points, recently announced a new partnership
with a major Chinese online commerce entity. Lolli users can now
earn up to 5 percent bitcoin when shopping on the site. The
announcement was made on Nov. 11 – Singles' Day, a
shopping holiday popular among young Chinese consumers.
According to a press release, a major European payments firm has
signed a letter of intent with "Bitcoin Suisse, the oldest and
largest crypto financial-services company in Switzerland ... to
offer cryptocurrency payment services to Swiss merchants and
consumers both in-store and in web-shops." In more news from
Switzerland, Utrust, a Swiss-based cryptocurrency payment and
services platform, announced this week that it was partnering with
a United Kingdom-based online travel agency to enable its customers
to purchase flights on several major airlines using
cryptocurrency.