Post
Topic
Board Economics
Re: List of Bitcoin Hostile (and friendly) Banks
by
Kimmo
on 21/02/2014, 15:48:41 UTC
Finland:
Please add Handelsbanken to the list of hostile banks. They do not set up accounts for Bitcoin-related businesses.

Sweden:
SEB should not be listed as bitcoin-friendly.

Quote
SEB AB, the largest Nordic currency trader and the second-biggest bank in the Baltic region, is rejecting requests from clients seeking to set up accounts to manage Bitcoin.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-30/bitcoin-ponzi-scheme-worry-sparks-estonia-central-bank-caution.html


This old article from April 2013 was interpreted as "Bitcoin-friendly" but turned out to be just BS from SEB:

http://www.seb.se/pow/wcp/index.asp?ss=/pow/wcp/templates/sebarticle.cfmc.asp%3FDUID%3DDUID_7229FBC192B9765BC1257B55005559B3%26sitekey%3Dseb.se%26lang%3Dse