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Topic: Bank account suspended for majority of Indian Bitcoin Exchanges (Read 420 times)

newbie
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All the more reason why we need decentralized exchanges!
copper member
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Well, i was able to transfer the money from Zebpay to my ICICI bank easily on 23rd Jan. There was no issue at all.
Even if the banks stop it, people can still do it for cash. India is a developed market now for Crypto.

I was also able to transfer the money from zebpay to SBI bank on 26th Feb without any issue.

Even till today there has been no problem in transferring money from any exchange site to any Indian Bank and i am sure in future also it will not be a problem.


newbie
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India hold Neutral Status in cryptocurrency but govt consider it as commodity and asset  class investment where we need to pay capital gains but banks considering as threat is very surprising instead of taking it as growth and technology adoption they are giving warning for newbies
legendary
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Suspending bank accounts is not the solution..

Did banks forgot that bitcoin can be bought with cash in a nearby ATM ?

I think that you are living in USA or Japan country that is why you are commenting about bitcoin ATM, when all of them know that their is no debit card for Indian users and their is no Bitcoin ATM.

But still i have seen lot of my friends accounts are got blocked from their respective bank and when asked they just gave reason of cryptocurrency trading but some friends who have doing trading and even showing transaction in IT so they just showed all details and their accounts got cleared and they are now able to trade. So this should be problem with illegal money users who are trading to evade tax.
legendary
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Suspending bank accounts is not the solution..

Did banks forgot that bitcoin can be bought with cash in a nearby ATM ?

There is no Bitcoin ATM in India.
newbie
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Suspending bank accounts is not the solution..

Did banks forgot that bitcoin can be bought with cash in a nearby ATM ?
newbie
Activity: 42
Merit: 0
Well, i was able to transfer the money from Zebpay to my ICICI bank easily on 23rd Jan. There was no issue at all.
Even if the banks stop it, people can still do it for cash. India is a developed market now for Crypto.

I was also able to transfer the money from zebpay to SBI bank on 26th Feb without any issue.
legendary
Activity: 1358
Merit: 1000
This might be due to the pressure put by Indian government. It may be due to following reasons:

1) Government tried to prevent tax evasion by sending notices to Bitcoin investors. But a lot of people might be using KYC of other people like their servants.

2) It is hard to shut down the exchanges til proper laws are made regarding this. At such, suspending their bank accounts is only way to stop these exchanges.

If you use the KYC documents of your servants, it is a case of downright fraud. There is a paper trail and if your servant gets a IT notice, you know where the trail will lead to. There are strict laws against Benami transactions.

If the government decides to shut down exchanges, they can do so easily through a notification. They would not want to be hasty in passing laws, especially in a complex area like cryptocurrencies, but they still have the ability to shut down exchanges.

A few years back, raids from the ED resulted in exchanges being shut down.
https://www.theverge.com/2013/12/27/5248942/indian-feds-raid-bitcoin-exchange-as-other-traders-suspend-service
http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/bitcoin-exchanges-shut-shop-in-india/article5504407.ece

This bit of news is significant and as many have stated before me, I would expect Benson and representatives of other exchanges to comment on it. There is nothing on the Coinsecure blog as well...
member
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What will happen to their employees? One of my friend working in one of them.
newbie
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Well, i was able to transfer the money from Zebpay to my ICICI bank easily on 23rd Jan. There was no issue at all.
Even if the banks stop it, people can still do it for cash. India is a developed market now for Crypto.
member
Activity: 93
Merit: 15
This might be due to the pressure put by Indian government. It may be due to following reasons:

1) Government tried to prevent tax evasion by sending notices to Bitcoin investors. But a lot of people might be using KYC of other people like their servants.

2) It is hard to shut down the exchanges til proper laws are made regarding this. At such, suspending their bank accounts is only way to stop these exchanges.
newbie
Activity: 53
Merit: 0
Much ado about nothing

It's just formality sake

To prove that everything is going OK

member
Activity: 98
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Bank accounts being shut down for Indian exchanges is very bad for Bitcoin in general. This can result in:

1) Fear among Indian investors that there money might get trapped when the bank accounts are locked. As a result they will take out the money even in loss.

2) New Indian investors will not invest in Bitcoins due to same fear. Demand for Bitcoins will decrease and thus prices will drop. Loss for current investors worldwide.
member
Activity: 118
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My Identity Coin
really it is a very bad news. i didn't hear any news about it. only SBI, AXIS,HDFC, ICICI, YES Bank's only suspended the bitcoin exchanges what about other banks. i can operate through other bank's there is any issue. any one can able to clarify my doubt please.
sr. member
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Currency Xchanger™
Benson and ZebPay Representative should comment here and clear the worries but i do not think these 2 exchange effected anyway as their service same as it was before . Just got Paid from Zebpay on time as usual .
newbie
Activity: 25
Merit: 2
Well, haven't heard any such news but it might be true since many exchanges and wallets are having withdrawal and deposit issues nowadays.
full member
Activity: 174
Merit: 150
Hey seriously, I haven't received any news about my bank account suspension.
member
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Indian bank accounts suspended created news all over world and market is reacting to this as well india is major contributor for bitcoin
newbie
Activity: 18
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please update the name of the exchanges !! whose bank accounts are stopped !! let not spread the FUD !!! YOU know this newspaper are at best to do it !! lets confirm about onground facts that did seriously exchange like zebpay !! stopped the payout !!
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