So wtf??
Your expectations were too big.
You are just something small that can bring them some revenue. But they care much more about obeying the rules (as they understand them) and their public image. Hence they will do all they can to avoid the banking system see them as a black sheep.
I mean that yeah, blockchain looks great in the ads, but at the end of the day, they are still a bank. And banks + Bitcoin = anything but love.