Bitwala has rolled out digital currency banking services in Germany through a partnership with a regulated FinTech firm that has a banking license, CoinDesk reported. Through the offering, customers can control deposits in both euros and bitcoin (BTC), in the same place, through the “safety...
Bitwala is teaming up with Germany-based solarisBank to roll out a blockchain bank account, CoinDesk reported. While the service is targeted for a November launch, the service already has pre-registrations from 35,000 users. It was created as part of the “Blockchain Factory” initiative from solarisBank...
Cryptocurrencies are gaining more attention for a less expected reason: industry players’ interest in working with regulators to smooth out uncertainty in the market. As this happens, crypto startups have landed new funding for their efforts to bridge businesses with related financial services, with backers...
On the heels of the uptake of its global payments innovation initiative, SWIFT has said it is working with Malaysian banks. Elsewhere in the payments infrastructure arena, scores of banks are signing on to blockchain via the Interbank Information Network.
August 01, 2019
German blockchain finance firm Bitwala announced that it has raised $14.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Sony Financial Ventures and NKB Group. The funds will be used to expand the company’s customer base, add new staff and launch bitcoin accounts for businesses. Bitwala, which has retail customers in all 31 countries […]
December 12, 2018
Bitwala has rolled out digital currency banking services in Germany through a partnership with a regulated FinTech firm that has a banking license, CoinDesk reported. Through the offering, customers can...
October 09, 2018
Bitwala is teaming up with Germany-based solarisBank to roll out a blockchain bank account, CoinDesk reported. While the service is targeted for a November launch, the service already has pre-registrations...