JD.com becomes first online platform to accept China's digital currency


Graphics by China Daily/Asian News Network

SHANGHAI, Dec 5 (Reuters): Chinese e-commerce company JD.com Inc said on Saturday it has become the country's first virtual platform to accept Beijing's homegrown digital currency.

JD Digits, the company's fintech arm, will accept digital yuan as payment for some products on its online mall, as part of an experimental giveaway of digital yuan to citizens of Suzhou, near Shanghai, according to a post on the company's official WeChat account.

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