Report: Swiss Bank UBS Group Planning To Offer Crypto To Top Customers
Swiss-based bank and financial services provider UBS Group AG looks to be the next to enter the fold. Reports released to start the week state that the banking behemoth is considering several different alternatives to offer digital currency investments. UBS Joins The Club The news comes not long after major US-based firms, such as Goldman […]
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Swiss investment bank UBS Group AP is reportedly planning to offer cryptocurrency investments, which would likely include bitcoin exposure.
On July 12 the Switzerland-based private bank Falcon Group announced the bank will offer bitcoin asset management for their customers. Through a partnership with Bitcoin Suisse AG, the bank’s clients will be able to purchase and store the decentralized currency using their account funds. Falcon Group Becomes the First Swiss Private Bank to Offer XBT/BTC....
Swiss investment bank UBS Group is reportedly exploring offering cryptocurrency services to its wealthy clients. UBS joins a growing list of major investment banks that are either already offering or planning to offer crypto investments to their clients, including Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and Citigroup. UBS Group AG is exploring “offering crypto investments to rich clients,” Bloomberg reported Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. According to the publication, the company is in the early stages of planning its offerings. Several crypto investment options are....
The UBS chief said the bank continues to urge caution when it comes to crypto exposure for its clients. Ralph Hamers, CEO of Swiss bank UBS, has said he does not fear missing out on crypto. Speaking to Bloomberg on Tuesday, Hamers said, “Clients are looking at different alternatives, and they hear about crypto, and there is a bit of a fear of missing out as well. They read it in the papers, but they also see the volatility.”Commenting on the bank’s approach to providing exposure to crypto for its wealth management clients, the UBS CEO stated:“We don’t offer it actively […] We feel that....
A group of Swiss Bitcoin advocates led by Yves Bennaïm has initiated a referendum to amend the Swiss constitution in a way that would mandate the Swiss National Bank (SNB) to include BTC alongside gold in its currency reserves, as reported by local media. The proposed amendment to the Swiss constitution is succinct yet significant. […]