Italian Bank to Offer Bitcoin Trading Services to 1.2m Customers

[sirty143]

Could the coronavirus outbreak be the jolt that drives the traditional banking sector and the cryptocurrency sector together?

In Italy, there are suggestions that this is already the case, with Banca Sella preparing to launch bitcoin trading services for many of its mobile banking customers.

The bank’s plans involve using its 1.2 million-user Hype mobile banking platform to allow customers to create a bitcoin (BTC) wallet at the bank, buy and sell BTC, and retain full control over their holdings – without making use of exchanges. See more for yourself here...

[mlawson71]

I can't decide whether that's good business sense, simple opportunism or both.