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Title: World's First Licensed Crypto Bank Seen As Game-Changer For Switzerland
Post by: Peter90 on August 30, 2019, 09:33:07 AM
The co-founders of Sygnum crypto bank have hailed the award of a Swiss banking license as a game changer that could open the floodgates to the integration of cryptocurrencies and other digital assets into the established financial sector.


Sygnum, along with SEBA, were awarded provisional banking and securities dealer licenses by Switzerland’s financial regulator on Monday. Both entities will become fully-fledged banks once they have completed some final routine regulatory hurdles.

“This is the first time such licenses have been granted worldwide, so Switzerland is playing a pioneering role,” Manuel Krieger, CEO of Sygnum Switzerland, told swissinfo.ch. He also thinks the early movers will encourage others to take the plunge. “We now have a responsibility as an enabling platform to help banks and other financial players make the step into the digital asset world.”

“Cryptocurrencies will come out of the shadows if dealing with these assets can be done in a 100% compliant manner upholding all the rules that a strict regulator demands. That is a game changer,” he added.

Until now, the crypto asset sector had failed to completely convince the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMAexternal link) that it could safely and reliably integrate the worlds of crypto and mainstream finance.

Sygnum and SEBA have now proven this possible to the regulator’s satisfaction. Sygnum has even created its own digital payment token, backed by Swiss francs, which can be used to complete trades on its platform.

The benefits of tokenising all types of financial assets in a purely digital format and trading them on DLT ledgers are believed to be manifold. Bypassing intermediaries should make both trading and issuing company shares faster and cheaper. Instantaneous settlement would also eliminate the risk of trades going wrong while they wait a few days to complete.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-08-28/worlds-first-licensed-crypto-bank-seen-game-changer-switzerland


This is Sygnum: https://www.sygnum.com

This is Seba: https://www.seba.swiss/#intro
Title: Re: World's First Licensed Crypto Bank Seen As Game-Changer For Switzerland
Post by: Peter90 on September 25, 2019, 04:29:12 PM
UK based Bitcoin-Friendly Banks

While banks used to be thought of as bitcoin’s main antagonist, they have become more friendly towards the idea in recent years.
Although there are only a few that “accept” bitcoin, there are banks that are linked directly to big bitcoin exchanges—opening up trading desks specifically for bitcoin.

Here’s a list of banks that, in one way or another, have presented themselves to be “bitcoin-friendly”:


Bankera

Although Bankera may not be a traditional bank to the world’s standards, it’s nevertheless a bank that supports and integrates the use of Bitcoin in their system. Bankera, according to their website, was designed to “be the bridge between the traditional financial world and the blockchain technology.”

In the hopes of being the “one-stop store” for all financial needs, their team has introduced the use of SpectroCoin—a global blockchain wallet that can be used for sending, selling, receiving, and storing a wide array of cryptocurrencies (including BTC, ETH, USDT, XEM, DASH) as well as over 20 different fiat currencies.

Bankera offers interbank foreign exchange rates, debit cards, payment accounts, payment processing, and lending (allowing altcoins as collateral).
As of March 2019, the exchange/bank has over 300k users and has issued more than 50k Bitcoin debit cards.


Barclays

Barclays, a bank that has a close relationship with San Francisco-based exchange Coinbase, is a multinational investment bank and financial services company.
In March of 2018, Coinbase and Barclays struck a deal that would make it easier for UK-based customers to buy and sell cryptocurrencies.
Through that deal, Coinbase users would be able to open bank accounts with Barclays and UK-based customers would no longer have to exchange their pounds into Euros to buy bitcoin.


Monaize

Just like Bankera, Monaize is a fully digital e-banking platform. It’s catered to freelancers, entrepreneurs, and small enterprises in France and the UK, supplying facilities of business that have been previously denied to those who invest in cryptocurrency. In doing so, freelancers are provided immediate access to their account.
The Monaize token, a token that will play an important role in the service and technology integration of the platform, will be issued via the Komodo Platform.


Virgin Money

Despite Virgin Money not allowing its customers to buy cryptocurrency with credit cards, the financial services brand isn’t opposed to the whole idea.
They still allow the purchase of cryptocurrency with their debit cards.
The idea of not allowing customers to buy cryptocurrency with credit cards is their way of saying that they aren’t going to lend any customers money for them to buy cryptocurrency.


Making the leap

In most cases, the reason why banks go against cryptocurrencies is because of the fear that that crypto would be used by criminals to launder money. Despite that, there are banks that still believe in the true power of cryptocurrency and the amount of financial good it can contribute to society. These UK-based banks also aren’t the only ones starting to get on the trend—a major bank in Manila, Philippines is also taking that leap and creating their own coin, Stablecoin PHX.

https://snbchf.com/2019/08/paxful-bitcoin-friendly-banks/
Title: Re: World's First Licensed Crypto Bank Seen As Game-Changer For Switzerland
Post by: Akicage on October 26, 2019, 03:36:55 PM
It's all very good movement for anybody who want to deal with cryptos anyway. All that should be really done in very timely manner for everyone to see. good to see that more and more banks are really starting to believe in crypto anyway and everything it took with it.