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i think it will never .
why ? because bitcoin say . nobody control your BTC and there is no fee . so if bitcoin had bank it will had fee and somebody will control it .

Banks not only charge fees - they also provide interest. This is one reason why people might be tempted to give their bitcoins to banks.
On control - I agree that we will be losing control if you give your coins to a bank. It is up to you to decide whether the interest offered is sufficient for the loss of control.

If a bank provides a service I want, I do not mind them charging me a fee. If there is no bank, I cannot borrow money.

Well there has not to be any bitcoins banks in my opinion we have the wallets and I think that is good enough.
Also a bitcoin bank will be less more controllable and untraceable so I do not think its a good idea at all.

well, this topic was more about an investment type of bank rather than just a simple wallet, for wallet you are right we can hold out own bitcoin with all sorts of different wallets but for a bank that pays interest there is no option available and if there is any, it is either scam or hard to trust.

What do you think abou btcpop?
I cant find any reviews, they have 5% capitalisation per year.
Its very close to a bank, looks real.
But very unpopular service, provides loans and some other forms of investing.
They dont have an account here, thats bad news.

Hi,

We don't have an 'official' BTCPOP account here, but staff have their own accounts

There are a lot of reviews of btcpop.co on the net. Many are shared on Twitter.

www.btcpop.co is a P2P banking system. We have have been running for just over a year, have 9 members of staff and based in the UK (reg company no: 09492940)

We have found it is a pretty popular service, our user base has been growing steadily to just under 15,000 members at this moment in time, we are also the largest Bitcoin p2p lending site

Lee Bartholomew
CEO - BTCPOP