American U.S. Bank has announced the launching of a cryptocurrency service
The decision was based on increasing demand for a new type of assets from the bank's clients
06.10.2021 - 09:25
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What's new? According to the CNBC, one of the largest American banks plans to offer its clients a custodial service for working with digital assets. This is in reference to the financial institution U.S. Bank.
What services will the bank provide? The main service will include storing private keys for such cryptocurrency wallets as: Bitcoin, Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash. Support for Ethereum and a number of other cryptocurrencies is expected over time.
U.S. Bank will conduct a complex check of the funds’ origin before giving its users access to the service. Furthermore, customer identification procedures and measures to counter money laundering and terrorist financing (KYC and AML) will be introduced.
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