Bank Santander Weighs Up Bitcoin’s Impact On Credit Cards

Bank Santander Weighs Up Bitcoin’s Impact On Credit Cards

The legacy banking system is in the process of a technological refresh. This is rather like how cars are updated. A new car is redesigned every five years or so, and three years later they get some navigation system updates, a new grille, and maybe some increased horsepower. The banking industry is certainly not getting redesigned, and the last time they had an engineering overhaul was way back when in the dot-com era, when online banking was added a generation ago. Banks are never at the cutting edge, consistently being five to ten years behind the curve. Now, one international mega-bank,....


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