is now licensed to operate as a bank in Europe

Bitcoin-Central, first exchange licensed to operate as a bank. This is HUGE

is now licensed to operate as a bank in Europe

Our user's funds will actually be held at the Credit Mutuel under the user's name, they will be separate from Paymium's funds (on the other hand, all of other exchanges funds for example sit in the same account, and are considered by their bank to be their corporate property) Our user's accounts will be protected by the "Garantie des dépôts" which is the French equivalent of the American FDIC (the insurance cap applies to each account individually, and not to the sum of all user balances, so unless your EUR balance exceeds 100kEUR your fiat is 100% insured by the French taxpayer) Each account will in a few months get its very own IBAN number, users will be able to use it as any other bank account, have their salaries and pensions sent there and have them automatically converted to Bitcoin if they so wish) Each user will soon be able to order its own debit card that will us...

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@glent » 11 Dec '12, 2am
RT @JadeMonkee: Bitcoin becomes a bank... or near enough. [link]
@JadeMonkee » 11 Dec '12, 2am
Bitcoin becomes a bank... or near enough. [link]
@ferttacom » 10 Dec '12, 1pm
Bitcoin 代支代付在法國某一個案例中得到銀管相關單位的認可。 "We're announcing today that [link] is getting, through a... [link]
@cyprienD » 10 Dec '12, 9am
Après une 1ère implémentation Hadoop réussie, Credit Mutuel Powa accepte désormais les bitcoins ! [link] [link]
@hellvinz » 10 Dec '12, 9am
@nmerouze: “@newsyc150: [link] is now licensed to operate as a bank in Europe [link]”
» 08 Dec '12, 11pm
RT @PandoDaily: Could bitcoin go legit? A new French banking license says yes. ([link] via @bitcointalk) [link]
@RaymondCalis » 08 Dec '12, 5pm
#Bitcoincentral heeft bankstatus. Medemogelijk door #CreditMutuel & #Aqoba. Stap vooruit of is bankstatus stap terug? [link]
@greenbes » 08 Dec '12, 12pm
[link] partners with Aqoba and the Credit Mutuel in France, allowed to operate as a real bank! [link]
@msgbi » 08 Dec '12, 10am
RT @newsycombinator: [link] is now licensed to operate as a bank in Europe @rszbt [link]
@skruk » 08 Dec '12, 5am
RT @barbz79it: RT @manusporny: First Bitcoin bank authorized (compliant with all EU banking regulations): [link] #bitcoin #payswarm
@RRDD_ » 08 Dec '12, 3am
RT @feng37: 货币之王比特币：#比特币大新闻# [link] 成为第一家获得类银行牌照的比特币交易所。牌照发放地为亚喀巴（约旦西南部港市），合作方为亚喀巴信贷互助银行。 [link]
@feng37 » 08 Dec '12, 2am
货币之王比特币：#比特币大新闻# [link] 账户拥有独立的IBAN号，用户可以设置自动将收到的欧元(薪水、养老金等)转换成比特币。客户的国籍和居住地不受限制。 [link]
@feng37 » 08 Dec '12, 2am
货币之王比特币：#比特币大新闻# [link] 成为第一家获得类银行牌照的比特币交易所。牌照发放地为亚喀巴（约旦西南部港市），合作方为亚喀巴信贷互助银行。 [link]
@rodkoerner » 07 Dec '12, 7pm
Granatenstark! "➔ First Bitcoin Bank [link]" #bitcoin
@ReMichael » 07 Dec '12, 7pm
Wut? RT @NerdcoreBlog: ➔ First Bitcoin Bank [link] #economy #politics #technology #bitcoins #tech
@Avenuer » 07 Dec '12, 7pm
RT @NerdcoreBlog: ➔ First Bitcoin Bank [link] #economy #politics #technology #bitcoins #tech
@089Peter089 » 07 Dec '12, 7pm
➔ First Bitcoin Bank: Bitcoin-Central hat eine Lizenz für Bankgeschäfte erhalten, demnächst kann man sich sein G... [link]
@NerdcoreBlog » 07 Dec '12, 7pm
➔ First Bitcoin Bank [link] #economy #politics #technology #bitcoins #tech
@PandoDaily » 07 Dec '12, 7pm
Could bitcoin go legit? A new French banking license says yes. ([link] via @bitcointalk) [link]
@conformal » 07 Dec '12, 7pm
#Bitcoin-Central.net is getting licensed to operate as a #bank in Europe [link]
@stsamuel » 07 Dec '12, 5pm
First bitcoin operator licensed as FRA bank. Not explained yet: how will they get around KYC? [link] #bitcoin
@MarcHochstein » 07 Dec '12, 4pm
Bitcoin-Central clarifies [link] it'll be licensed as a PSP [link] but claims it's "basically the same" as bank
@neilarise » 07 Dec '12, 3pm
#FF @bitcoininfo I can see the future of money, and its a P2P currency. [link]
@barbz79it » 07 Dec '12, 3pm
RT @manusporny: First Bitcoin bank authorized (compliant with all EU banking regulations): [link] #bitcoin #payswarm
@manusporny » 07 Dec '12, 3pm
First Bitcoin bank authorized (compliant with all EU banking regulations): [link] #bitcoin #payswarm
@roirobo » 07 Dec '12, 3pm
RT @penalba: RT @radar: Bitcoin becomes the first exchange to be licensed to operate as a bank [link]
@penalba » 07 Dec '12, 3pm
RT @radar: Bitcoin becomes the first exchange to be licensed to operate as a bank [link]
@radar » 07 Dec '12, 3pm
Bitcoin becomes the first exchange to be licensed to operate as a bank [link]
@Mat_Ankers » 07 Dec '12, 2pm
“@Transacting: Bitcoin-Central 1st exchange licensed to op as bank This is HUGE [link]” big step to mainstream users #bitcoin
@HostFat » 07 Dec '12, 12pm
#Bitcoin Central, primo exchanger con licenza per operare come banca [link]
@cxoeurope » 07 Dec '12, 11am
RT @GarethWong RT @licuende RT @newsycombinator: [link] is now licensed 2 operate as a bank in Europe [link]
@pageman » 07 Dec '12, 11am
[link] is now licensed to operate as a bank in Europe [link] @HeadlinesBySnet @trinnygolucky
@IMNetSpyder » 07 Dec '12, 10am
RT @lostinsecurity: Bitcoin-Central, first exchange licensed to operate as a bank [link] <- wow!
@febrezo » 07 Dec '12, 10am
[link] is getting, through a partnership [...], allowed to operate as a bank [link] Wow! #esINT #Bitcoin
@0xAli » 07 Dec '12, 9am
RT @teamcymru: Bitcoin-Central, first exchange licensed to operate as a bank. [link]
@michaljakob » 07 Dec '12, 9am
Cool -- first bitcoin exchange licensed to operate as a bank. Also glad to see this happen in Europe. [link]
@Willis1971 » 07 Dec '12, 7am
RT @epcasummit: First regulated Bitcoin exchange in France, [link] use #SEPA [link] #bitcoin #payments #epayments #mobile
@vmanias » 07 Dec '12, 7am
RT @vrypan: !!! RT @nilssonanders: Bitcoin-Central licensed to operate as a bank - [link] (IBAN-accounts, insurance, etc)
@vrypan » 07 Dec '12, 7am
!!! RT @nilssonanders: Bitcoin-Central licensed to operate as a bank - [link] (IBAN-accounts, insurance, etc)
@rwitoff » 07 Dec '12, 7am
The future of banking. [link]
@upLib » 07 Dec '12, 7am
RT @flink « Bitcoin-Central, first exchange licensed to operate as a bank. This is HUGE » [link] — Bitcoin Forum
@andysc » 07 Dec '12, 6am
RT @grifferz: Paymium claims their Bitcoin-Central is the first Bitcoin exchange licensed to operate as a payment services provider: [link]
@grifferz » 07 Dec '12, 4am
Paymium claims their Bitcoin-Central is the first Bitcoin exchange licensed to operate as a payment services provider: [link]
@cpinto » 07 Dec '12, 3am
RT @urbanpt: [link] is now licensed to operate as a bank in Europe [link]
» 07 Dec '12, 2am
RT @fffabs: [link] is now licensed to operate as a bank in Europe [link] - time to build some money!!
@antonyevans » 07 Dec '12, 2am
Big news from the Bitcoin world, first exchanged gets regulated as a bank:... [link]
@purushivha » 07 Dec '12, 1am
ビットコインにWordPressに続いてまたまたビッグニュースです。Bitcoin Forumのスレッド（英語）→”ヨーロッパ「Bitcoin-Central」が銀行として営業許可を得た初の取引所に” [link]
@RTStartups » 07 Dec '12, 12am
RT @Siddharth87: [link] is now licensed to operate as a bank in Europe [link] #startups
@Siddharth87 » 07 Dec '12, 12am
[link] is now licensed to operate as a bank in Europe [link] #startups
@hytdsh » 06 Dec '12, 11pm
電子通貨 Bitcoin を取り扱うサイトが "銀行" としての免許をヨーロッパで取得 [link] / exchange operating って両替？為替？今年だけで「ゴールド・原油の売り買いに使える」「銀行が扱う」通貨になってしまった

Bitcoin-Central, first exchange licensed to operate as a bank. This is HUGE