Search

Nalezeno "Santander": 54

Portuguese Banks Stop Offering Services to Crypto Exchanges, Citing ‘Risk’ as Rationale

4.8.2022
Multiple Portuguese banks have begun closing accounts belonging to crypto exchanges due to “risk management”-related reasons – and the country’s central bank appears to have given the financial institutions its blessing.... Read More: Portuguese Banks Stop Offering Services to Crypto Exchanges...

Santander to Offer Cryptocurrency Services in Brazil in the Coming Months

29.7.2022
Santander, one of the biggest banking institutions in the world, has announced it will start offering cryptocurrency services in Brazil. Its CEO, Mario Leão, made the announcement in an interview with local media, stating that the company was still seeking the best way of getting into...

Banking Giant Santander is Set to Offer Crypto Trading to Brazilians as Crypto 'Is Here to Stay'

29.7.2022
Banco Santander S.A., the Brazilian subsidiary of the Spanish Santander Group, plans to start offering crypto trading, possibly already this year. The bank plans to start offering crypto-related services to its Brazilian customers “in the coming months,” reported Folha de S. Paulo, citing the...

Santander to Offer Loans Backed by Agricultural Commodity Tokens

10.3.2022
Santander is developing the possibility of offering loans backed by tokens that are collateralized in agricultural products. The bank has partnered with Agrotoken, a company that launched a series of agricultural commodity tokens already being used in agriculture-related markets to make...

Santander Prepares to Offer Bitcoin ETF in Spain

14.11.2021
Santander, a leading financial institution in Spain, is preparing to offer a Bitcoin ETF to its customers in the country. This, while Spanish asset managers have been largely reluctant to embrace crypto products as part of their investment portfolio offerings to customers. Santander Bitcoin ETF...

HSBC Becomes Latest Bank to Suspend Payments to Crypto Exchange Binance in UK

3.8.2021
HSBC has reportedly become the latest British bank to announce that it has suspended payments to cryptocurrency exchange Binance. Citing a consumer warning by the country’s financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the bank told its customers: “We’ve made this...

After Barclays and Santander, UK Bank Natwest Blocks Payments to Binance

24.7.2021
A major high street bank in the U.K., Natwest, has blocked payments to crypto exchange Binance. Natwest’s decision came after two other major British banks — Barclays and Santander — made a similar move to block fund transfers to Binance. The banks acted in response to a warning...

Payments Provider Clear Junction Stops Processing Payments for Binance

12.7.2021
On Monday, the global payments solutions provider Clear Junction announced it ceased processing transactions for Binance. The move by Clear Junction was brought on by the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) recent warning, according to a blog post written about the decision. Clear Junction...

After Barclays, Santander Bank Blocks Payments to Binance in UK Citing Customer Protection

9.7.2021
Santander Bank in the U.K. has become the latest high street bank in the country to block fund transfers to cryptocurrency exchange Binance. Recently, Barclays and Natwest banks reportedly made a similar move. A number of Santander Bank customers reported on social media that they have received...

Santander's UK arm follows Barclays in banning payments to Binance

8.7.2021
The bank said would be “following the FCA’s warning to consumers” in blocking payments made to the crypto exchange

European Investment Bank Distributes $121 Million in Ethereum-based Digital Bonds

29.4.2021
The European Investment Bank (EIB), the investment bank owned by the EU Member States, has announced the issuance of the organization’s first-ever digital bond built on a public blockchain. The bond was issued using Ethereum and the issuance invoked $121 million two-year bonds placed with...

'From dial-up to broadband': Banco Santander exec talks up DLT utilization in finance

28.4.2021
Regulated decentralized finance that combines permissioned layer-two protocols and a public blockchain network could be the future of fintech

European Investment Bank reportedly to issue bonds with blockchain tech

13.4.2021
The EIB has reportedly hired banks like Goldman Sachs and Societe Generale to explore a digital bond, registered and settled via blockchain

Major Spanish Firms Including Santander Unveil Blockchain Identity Project

5.11.2020
A group of Spanish companies including banks and energy firms is working to develop a "self-managed" digital identity system using blockchain technology

Report: Market Valuation of 14 Banking Giants Shed $635 Billion This Year

16.9.2020
The world’s largest banks lost a considerable amount of market valuation amid the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new report that estimates financial incumbents lost $635 billion. Between December 2019 and August 2020, the market caps of 14 major banking institutions lost upwards of 30-50%...

Banks in Mexico Pose Greater Money Laundering Risk Than Crypto Firms, Says Report

28.8.2020
Commercial banks by far pose the greatest risk of money laundering in Mexico compared to crypto-related companies, according to a new report by the country’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). The study singles out what it calls the “G7 banking group”, which includes BBVA...