Bitcoin, Wysocki says, aligns with these principles.

In a new interview with CoinDesk, Wysocki discussed the strategy behind the fifth-largest US payments processor's recent referral deal with BitPay, and the forces that encouraged it to consider its first opportunity in the digital currency market.

Overall, Wysocki described the deal as one that would add another "arrow" to Heartland's "quiver" of payments options.

Wysocki said:

"We engaged BitPay about a partnership so when our national sales reps are out talking to e-commerce merchants of all sizes who are expressing a need for one or more of these particular solutions, we have a bitcoin option in our arsenal."

The partnership, announced on 10th March, followed a similar agreement between BitPay and Global Payments finalized last August.

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