KBC should become the first big Belgian bank to offer cryptos services to individual customers. Belfius and ING examine the possibility, while BNP Paribas Fortis excludes it.
From this fall, it should be possible toBuy bitcoin and ether via Bolero, KBC’s investment platformwhile the interest of European banks for the cryptos grows, writes Echo.
An analysis is underway to obtain recognition as a service provider related to cryptoactifsconfirmed the Belgian bancassurer. The group expects to receive this recognition from regulators by this fall.
KBC thus becomes the first big Belgian bank to announce concrete plans to offer cryptos services to private customers. Until now, those who wish to invest in such assets in Belgium must turn to foreign platforms or to neo-banks, which also have a crypto offer.
Surveyed by Echo, Belfius and ING specify examining the possibility to do so too. BNP Paribas Fortis, for its part, indicates that it does not intend to launch this type of service.
