"With Fidor Bank AG as our Partner, the digital bitcoin currency, which was initially smiled at as internet play money, is increasingly turning into a serious alternative currency after only 4 years ", says Oliver Flaskämper, managing director of Bitcoin Deutschland GmbH. "In the context of this cooperation with Fidor Bank, in the weeks to come, our customers will be given the opportunity to trade on bitcoin.de in near real-time using a free FidorPay giro account. This is a great wish of our over 70,000 customers in Europe", continues Flaskämper.
While customers of foreign bitcoin exchanges generally transfer their money to foreign company accounts that are not protected in the event of insolvency, the monies of bitcoin.de's customers have always been deposited in their own bank accounts that are covered by the EU deposit guarantee in the amount of 100,000 euros per customer and account. "In addition, bitcoin.de customers appreciate a European point of contact", adds Oliver Flaskämper.
Fidor Bank looks to me as a very innovative bank, compared to most competitors. In general [imo] this is great news for bitcoin ! It will make it harder to get attacked by ignorant journalists, politicians...
I am sure we will see a lot of new innovations coming up in the next time.
