Sparkasse Makes "Sparks" Fly Through its Denial of Bitcoin Transactions
In the long-running tradition of banking institutions despising bitcoin and digital currency, German bank Sparkasse has made the decision to block all bitcoin-related transfers. Bram Ceelen, who works with the Anycoin Direct coin exchange in the Netherlands, has commented that the company is now unable to process any incoming our outgoing bitcoin orders, and that the decision is being met with massive complaints and disappointment from users. Ceelen states: "We are running an honest company but the bank just blocks transactions without contacting us or the customer, very frustrating. This....
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German bank Sparkasse is blocking any incoming and outgoing bank transfers related to cryptocurrency since a few days, Cryptoarticles reports. The Anycoin Direct exchange in The Netherlands is unable to fulfill the Bitcoin/other cryptocurrency order immediately when a payment is processed by Sparkasse. Anycoin's Bram Ceelen told Criptoarticles: "We hate to be forced to work this way but Sparkasse leaves us no other choice. We are running a honest company but the bank just blocks transactions without contacting us or the customer, very frustrating. This is exactly why we need Bitcoin! The....
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