Topic: List of Bitcoin Hostile (and friendly) Banks - page 15. (Read 171468 times)
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Let's discuss which banks are, and which banks are not bitcoin friendly.
I will try to keep this post updated with all new information as it comes in, feel free to PM me or reply to this thread if you have something to add.
(please note, just because a few transfers from bitcoin exchanges have gone through, doesn't make a bank necessarily bitcoin friendly. This list is for banks who have a proactive attitude towards bitcoin, publicly endorse it, or support major exchanges.)
And now for the list of Banks and their bitcoinfriendly-ness:
To qualify on the list a bank or payment processor must without explanation terminate or refuse business of legitimate bitcoin busineses. The point of this threas is to name and shame said institutions and to encourage people who are there customers, regardless of bitcoin, to take there business elsewhere.
Australia:
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
CurrencyFair (Website)
Canada:
The Royal Bank of Canada (Link)
BMO
CIBC
Royal Bank of Canada
Royal Bank of Canada
Toronto-Dominion Bank
Bank of Nova Scotia
TDBank (Link)
TD Dominion
Taype
Vogogo
Finland
Suomen verkkomaksut / checkout.fi
Nordea
Osuuspankki
Tapiola
Germany
Commerzbank
Fidor Bank AG
Sofort Bank
RaboBank
Spain
ING
Sweden
SEP
Switzerland
Coop Bank
United Kingdom
Barclays
United States
Bank of the West (Link)
Capital One (Link)
Chase (Link)
Comerica (Comerica)
Dwolla (Dwolla)
Internet Credit Union (Link)
US Bank (Link)
Documentation Needed.
Unknown Country
MetroBank
Global
PayPal (Website)
OkPay ( Website )
WorldFirst FX
Originally maintained by Isokivi @ https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/list-of-bitcoin-hostile-banks-edit-new-thread-see-first-line-189917
I will try to keep this post updated with all new information as it comes in, feel free to PM me or reply to this thread if you have something to add.
(please note, just because a few transfers from bitcoin exchanges have gone through, doesn't make a bank necessarily bitcoin friendly. This list is for banks who have a proactive attitude towards bitcoin, publicly endorse it, or support major exchanges.)
And now for the list of Banks and their bitcoinfriendly-ness:
To qualify on the list a bank or payment processor must without explanation terminate or refuse business of legitimate bitcoin busineses. The point of this threas is to name and shame said institutions and to encourage people who are there customers, regardless of bitcoin, to take there business elsewhere.
Australia:
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
CurrencyFair (Website)
- CurrencyFair denies the application for any business having anythinng to do with bitcoin.
- Denids the application of any business having anything to do with bitcoin.
Canada:
The Royal Bank of Canada (Link)
BMO
- CanadaBitcoins was accepting cash deposits here, but accounts closed due to AML/KYC Requirements. Link.
- CanadaBitcoins no longer accepting cash deposits at all to BMO, verified or not. Link.
CIBC
- CanadaBitcoins was accepting cash deposits here, but accounts closed due to AML/KYC Requirements. Link.[url=http://
Royal Bank of Canada
Royal Bank of Canada
- Canadian Bitcoins and CadBitcoin Have Accounts Frozen
- Closed CaVirtex and "Canadian Bitcoins" trading accounts.
- CanadaBitcoins was accepting cash deposits here, but accounts closed due to AML/KYC Requirements. Link.[url=http://
- Calgary Bitcoin Exchange (virtex) fight bank backlash in Canada]
- Calgary Bitcoin Exchange (virtex) fight bank backlash in Canada
Toronto-Dominion Bank
- Canadian Bitcoins and CadBitcoin have accounts frozen
- Closed CADBitcoin Trading Account.
Bank of Nova Scotia
- CaVirtex News
- Confirmed by Fuzzy
- Closed CaVirtex Cash Accounts
TDBank (Link)
TD Dominion
- CanadaBitcoins was accepting cash deposits here, but accounts closed due to AML/KYC Requirements. Link.[url=http://
Taype
- "Canadianbitcoins: Aug 6 2013 TAYPE INTERNATIONAL has been temporarily replaced with DIRECT WORLD for all Bill Payment Banks. Please do not send any payments to your TAYPE payee if you already have one setup in your online banking.Aug 6 2013 "
Vogogo
- "Cavirtex Aug. 6, 2013, 3:11 p.m. - New Bill Payment Provider - Vogogo: For rapid and secure processing of your online bill payments, we have partnered with Vogogo. One of the main reasons for this is to increase the speed of processing."
Finland
Suomen verkkomaksut / checkout.fi
- Multiple reports of declining buisness with bitcoin related services, including bittiraha.fi.
Nordea
- Conducts business with bittiraha.fi
Osuuspankki
- Conducts business with bittiraha.fi
Tapiola
- Conducts business with bittiraha.fi
Germany
Commerzbank
- Shut down bitcoin24 account.
Fidor Bank AG
- Located in Germany.
- http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1197313/bitcoin-de-and-fidor-bank-ag-agree-on-large-scale-partnership
- August 2013 - Partnered with bitcoin.de to handle EU payments.
Sofort Bank
- "Proof was given to me in a private message I will not publish, unless it's sender gives me the go ahead, my source tells me anyone can verify this by contacting the bank about opening an account for a bitcoin related buisness, perhaps someone fluent in german could do this?"
RaboBank
- RaboBank alledegly blocks payments related to bitcoin.
- "Leaked" documents where RaboBank ethical comission advices not to cooperate with bitcoin trade.
Spain
ING
- ING Spanish Branch Blocking all Bitcoin Transactions. Reddit.
Sweden
SEP
- BTC Friendly
- Swedish article, use google translate.
Switzerland
Coop Bank
United Kingdom
Barclays
- Prevented MtGox, Intersango, and BlockChain.info from accepting GBP.
United States
Bank of the West (Link)
Capital One (Link)
- Shutdown BitFloor's accounts with approx $2.8mil USD check mailed out
- "It is Capital One’s policy not to do business with merchants who accept Bitcoin."
Chase (Link)
- Many people on this forum (as well as others), myself included, have had their accounts closed by chase. Some did mention bitcoins, others didn't. It's usually the high volume of cash deposits or one-way international wires (i.e. if you receive alot of US deposits but send alot of foreign wires).
Comerica (Comerica)
Dwolla (Dwolla)
- Feds Seize money from MtGox Dwolla Accounts.
- Why can't Dwolla send to MtGox?
- Dwolla Updates regarding Operating a business requiring FinCEN registration.
Internet Credit Union (Link)
- Located in Sanfrancisco, California, USA. Opened in 2013
- "taking a proactive pro-Bitcoin stance" Link to Reddit[/ur]
- Spoke at San Jose Bitcoin Conference in 2013, saying that the current banks, "suck, so we are going to build out own." (Citation needed fo rthe video of this)
- Handled withdraws for BitFloor after Capitol One had shut down their account just sending a single check to Roman (site owner of BitFloor).
- Regulators start to spook IAFCU, they cancel pending deal with TradeHill after TradeHill already announced that accounts were be moved over from TradeHills unregulated system to IAFCU Government insured and regulated account.
- Blog Post from IAFCU, "Rocky Road is still one of my favorite flavors" discussing how they are suspending business with Corporate Bitcoin Clients. IAFCU Blog Link.
US Bank (Link)
- https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/106526372/letter.jpg
- https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.2899834
Documentation Needed.
Unknown Country
MetroBank
- Closed Intersango Account.
Global
PayPal (Website)
- Link.
- Letter from PayPal to Employees Re: Bitcoin
- PayPal President is "fascinated" by bitcoin
- CNN - Why PayPal is bullish on Bitcoin
- Reddit: PayPal and Mining Hardware
OkPay ( Website )
- OkPay now require specific acknowledgement that your not buying crypto-currency when making a deposit
- MtGox announces OkPay no longer working with bitcoin exchanges.
- OkPay takes bitcoin haitus
WorldFirst FX
- Denies any bitcoin related business's application for an account.
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