Barclays Pingit Blocks Bitcoin Sellers’ Accounts
Now that Barclays has decided to close down Pingit accounts belonging to Bitcoin sellers, the battle lines between both industries are drawn once again. The war between traditional finance and Bitcoin is far from over the by the look of things, as Barclays has shut down several Pingit accounts belonging to cryptocurrency exchanges. As one comes to expect, Barclays did not even bother to notify the sellers in advance. Barclays Does Not Like Bitcoin Pingit Users. The convenience of Pingit has attracted many customers in the United Kingdom, as all lets bank account owner slink their mobile....
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