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Vincent Maneno, Fast Courier’s co-founder and CEO, said, “We launched Fast Courier a year ago after becoming completely disillusioned with the traditional courier industry, which is old-school and heavily geared towards bigger businesses. With Fast Courier we wanted to democratise the courier industry, so that individuals and small businesses that only send a handful of packages each year can still access the best possible rates.”
Stephen Murphy, co-founder and CTO of Fast Courier added, “The courier industry in Australia is absolutely ripe for disruption; consumers want respect, accountability and freedom of choice, which Fast Courier’s cutting edge tech delivers. Adding crypto to our payment options is another way we are levelling the playing field for consumers.”
Australia has the third highest cryptocurrency ownership rate in the world, with 17.8% of Australian adults holding some type of cryptocurrency, compared to the global average of 11.4% (Finder Cryptocurrency Adoption Index October 2021). With the recently released report from the Australia as a Technology and Financial Centre (ATFC) further legitimising crypto as a valid currency, Fast Courier’s co-founders believe enabling payment for courier services via cryptocurrency is another way they are making the courier industry more customer-centric.
“Crypto isn’t just an asset class, they are functional currencies, decentralised and empowering for consumers and businesses alike. It’s a viable alternative to the restrictive central bank led payment systems” said Murphy.
Fast Courier, which has averaged 100 per cent month-on-month growth since launch, initially started as a test project for co-founders Maneno and Murphy, who also run a successful digital marketing agency, Metric Labs.
“Obviously the pandemic has had an enormous impact on e-commerce, which has resulted in increased demand for couriers,” explained Maneno. “Our customers are saving up to 30 per cent on their deliveries in just a few seconds. As we’re booking large numbers of deliveries we can access bulk discounts, which we then pass on to our customers.”
Alongside cryptocurrencies, Fast Courier also accepts payment via Paypal, Stripe and a range of credit cards.
Source: Fast Courier(Press release
