Not exact matches
Only those
wallet providers offering custodial
services of credentials necessary to access virtual currencies are to be
included in the legislation.
He said the cryptocurrencies have to be judged against the entire ecosystem —
including the exchanges on which they are traded, the miners who create new coins, verify transactions and update ledgers, and the
wallet providers who offer custodian
services.
Whether you can start using a mobile
wallet depends on a number of factors
including your wireless
service provider, who you bank with, which credit card you have and what type of phone you use.
Thanks to the collaboration between banks and mobile
service providers, we now have «mobile
wallets,» a system of paying that involves tapping your smartphone on a retailer's point of sale (POS) machine,
including those at restaurants and gas stations.
As per a statement from the RBI's Deputy Governor BP Kanungo at a conference yesterday, the institution is barring regulated entities from providing
services to any individual or business that's buying or selling digital currencies — that
includes private banks and digital
wallet providers.
«After the amendment comes into force, professionals and especially exchange
services between virtual and fiat currencies and custodian
wallet providers will have to comply, which
includes, of course, compliance with the regulations in their country of incorporation,» explains Boland.
As part of its move, the bank gave an ultimatum of three months to all banks in the country to allow them to cut ties with, and stop
services for any cryptocurrency businesses
including exchanges and
wallet providers.
Within the past three years, Draper has funded both regional and international bitcoin businesses,
including the $ 1.6 billion bitcoin brokerage and
wallet platform Coinbase, $ 160 million South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Korbit, and bitcoin
service provider Coinplug.