Banks

Banks

BNP Paribas: Blockchains Will Destroy or Rebuild Securities Services

Blockchain technology will bring either doom or opportunity to securities services firms, according to European banking giant BNP Paribas.

Business  ·  3 July 2015
Exchanges

LHV Bank Partners with Bitcoin Exchange CoinFloor

Estonia's LHV Bank has partnered with Coinfloor, a UK-based bitcoin exchange, furthering its interest in the digital currency space.

Markets  ·  24 March 2015
Regulation

US Treasury May Consider Bitcoin Industry Concerns Over Banking Access

The Chamber of Digital Commerce will present data to the US Treasury on banking problems faced by digital currency startups at a meeting next week.

Policy & regulation  ·  6 January 2015
Regulation

Why Bitcoin Needs Lawyers to Bridge the Technology Gap

As bitcoin continues to be taken more seriously by banks and regulators, the industry needs lawyers to help smooth out bumps on its way to mainstream.

Policy & regulation  ·  14 December 2014
Banks

Bankers Debate Bitcoin at Sibos 2014

Sibos 2014 included a day of seminars on bitcoin and the future of block chain applications.

Business  ·  29 September 2014
Banks

US Banks Announce Ripple Protocol Integration

American banks CBW and Cross River are to be the first to adopt Ripple's open-source distributed transaction infrastructure.

Business  ·  24 September 2014
Banks

Banks Cut Ties With Isle of Man’s Bitcoin Industry

The link between bitcoin companies and banks in the Isle of Man is to be severed next month.

Business  ·  16 September 2014
Banks

International Megabank Santander Commissions Study on Bitcoin

Santander has commissioned a study investigating the potential impact of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies on the banking sector.

Business  ·  26 August 2014
Regulation

Dutch Bank Rabobank is Blocking Customers from Buying Bitcoins

Rabobank cancelled 99% of its customers’ transactions with bitcoin exchanges on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Policy & regulation  ·  21 November 2013
Banks

Banking innovation depends on bitcoin

With one firm swoop, banks could eliminate the threat from Apple, Google, and PayPal by embracing bitcoin.

Markets  ·  31 October 2013
Banks

Swedish bank freezes customer’s account after she sells 5 BTC

Swedbank recently froze a customer's account after it found out about her selling five bitcoins on LocalBitcoins.

Markets  ·  24 October 2013
Regulation

Capital One closes company’s bank account over mere mention of bitcoin

Capital One has closed a bank account belonging to a company merely because it sells bitcoin merchandise.

Policy & regulation  ·  10 October 2013
Regulation

How scared are banks of bitcoin and what will they do about it?

Banks have a lot to lose, and little to gain with bitcoin. So how scared are they of bitcion?

Policy & regulation  ·  21 September 2013
Exchanges

Bank of Thailand allegedly declares bitcoin illegal, Thai exchange suspends trading

Did the Bank of Thailand really just make bitcoin illegal? If so, at least some exchanges are still trading.

Policy & regulation  ·  29 July 2013
Exchanges

Israeli banks resisting bitcoin exchanges

CoinDesk reports on how Israeli banks are resiting exchanges with virtual currencies.

Markets  ·  11 June 2013