Tag: deposits
Deep Dive: Here’s what’s really protecting your bank deposits
It’s not unusual for banks to have a high level of uninsured deposits.
Binance Halts UK Customer Deposits and Withdrawals
On Monday, Binance said it would suspend withdrawals and deposits for anybody using UK currency. The news came after the world’s largest crypto exchange’s banking partner in the UK, Paysafe, said it was abandoning crypto, at least as far as Binance was concerned. Gizmodo reports: In a statement to Gizmodo, a Paysafe spokesperson said that it was “too challenging” to offer its embedded wallet cryptocurrency services to UK customers because of the regulatory atmosphere in the UK. Paysafe is based in London, and said this decision was “taken in an abundance of caution.” Paysafe did not clarify whether it was abandoning crypto altogether, or just in its partnership with Binance. Paysafe called its UK portion of its crypto business “small” but clarified it was still working with Binance elsewhere in Europe and in Latin America.
Binance suspended withdrawals and deposits for any new customers using British pounds late on Monday, and according to Bloomberg the crypto exchange plans to suspend all GBP transactions for all customers starting May 22. The company is reportedly working to find “an alternative solution” to again allow customers to trade GBP for crypto.
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MarketWatch: Hedge funds and banks offer to buy deposits trapped at Silicon Valley Bank
Some hedge funds and banks are offering to buy deposits trapped at the failed Silicon Valley Bank, according to reports on Saturday.
Daily Crunch: Silicon Valley Bank goes bust — regulators take control of $175B+ in deposits
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Daily Crunch: Silicon Valley Bank goes bust — regulators take control of $175B+ in deposits by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch