Barclays has been in discussions with regulators and financial technology – or fintech firms about bringing cryptocurrencies like bitcoin “into play”, the bank’s U.K. chief executive told CNBC on Monday.
Ashok Vaswani revealed that the banking giant has met with Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) watchdog to talk about how to make bitcoin safe in response to a question about whether Barclays could support bitcoin. Vaswani told CNBC at the Money 20/20 fintech conference in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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