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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Bank in Norway now supports Bitcoin
by
Dimelord
on 23/05/2017, 12:55:55 UTC
A bank called Skandiabanken in Norway now supports Bitcoin. However you cannot purchase the Bitcoins through the bank, you'll be redirected to Coinbase in order to buy.

I don't have this bank myself, so I cannot test this. It seems like it's just linked to Coinbase and the bank does not store the coins on their servers.

This feature is in a beta phase, and the laws in Norway could cause conflicts. I think this is a huge step, and I hope this will soon be supported in more banks. This feature is mainly for investors, you cannot use it to pay bills and such.

Here's a link to the article translated to English:  https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&nv=1&rurl=translate.google.no&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=http://e24.no/privat/bitcoin/naa-faar-du-bitcoin-i-nettbanken-kan-ikke-fornekte-ny-teknologi/23996559&usg=ALkJrhjVd47hlRvCuPcMw4r7-8SKmywfYw
Thats a great news.Usually banks treat bitcoin as their main rival as they would loose a major part of their revenue which they get from transaction fee.But due to the changing environment and market pressure,banks have to provide service which customers prefer.So they have started to change their attitude towards bitcoin.