MasterCardis preparing to announce its plans to help banks offer cryptocurrency trading, especially Bitcoin, and to address all forms of regulatory compliance and security.
According to a report by CNBC, Mastercard has officially announced plans for a program that will help institutions offer Bitcoin and cryptocurrency trading.
Mastercard to act as a “bridge” between the gaps between banks. Paxos will work with and manage security and regulatory compliance, two big reasons many banks have cited for avoiding bitcoin and cryptocurrency.
Jorn Lambert, Mastercard’s chief digital officer, said: cryptocurrency“There are a lot of consumers who are interested in financial services, but would feel much more confident if these services were offered by their financial institutions.”
Lambert told CNBC that despite the bear market, there is still a lot of demand for the asset class. “It would be a bit shortsighted to think it heralded the end of a crypto winter, we don’t see it,” he said.
Koinfinans.com As we reported earlier, 60% of respondents in a recent survey said they would prefer exposure to Bitcoin and cryptocurrency through their bank. According to the aforementioned surveys, many potential investors are still hesitant.
Mastercard explained that its role here will be “to keep banks on the right side of regulation by complying with crypto compliance rules, verifying transactions, and providing anti-money laundering and identity tracking services.”
Mastercard is expected to trial this product in the first quarter of 2023 and continue to grow in more geographies thereafter. It has not yet been announced which banks are involved in the program.
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