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Finance

Customers Bank Veers Into Crypto With Transfer Token, $1.5B in Crypto-Related Deposits

The Pennsylvania-based bank, 0.52% the size of JPMorgan, is making a a big play for business clients from the crypto sector.

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Finance

Trump Banking Regulator Determined Banks Should Be Allowed to Trade Crypto: Report

But the OCC staff’s ruling was never made public.

Donald Trump

Finance

Bitcoin at Your Bank: NYDIG Names First 2 Firms to Roll Out BTC Buys

Five Star Bank and UNIFY Financial Credit Union will be the first to offer bitcoin services through NYDIG’s partnership with Q2.

(Unify)

Finance

Silvergate Capital 3Q EPS Beats Estimates; Digital Currency Deposits Grew to $11.2B

Digital currency customers grew to 1,305 from 928 in the year-earlier period.

Silvergate Bank to Discontinue Binance USD Deposits, Withdrawals

Finance

Société Générale Shopping for Crypto Custodian: Sources

The French bank is said to be looking closely at a pair of Swiss firms.

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Finance

El Salvador’s State-Owned Banco Hipotecario Taps Four Crypto Startups for Blockchain Products

The four-member alliance is already working on products to boost financial inclusion with bitcoin in the Central American country.

San Salvador, El Salvador (Mauricio Cuéllar/Unsplash)

Policy

Proposed Bank Jewel Wants to Become a Global Stablecoin Issuer, With Bermuda’s OK

The bank submitted an application for a combined banking and digital asset license earlier this year.

Photo taken in Hamilton, Bermuda

Policy

What Iceland’s Spectacular Banking Collapse Teaches Us About Tether

Iceland’s surreal banking bubble led to one of the biggest blowups of the 2008 financial crisis. The story holds important lessons – including a possible scenario for Tether’s collapse.

Iceland's famed Fagradalsfjall Volcano. The small nation's banks are also well known for their tendency to explode. (Sophia Groves/Getty Images)