TransferWise Blocks Money Transfers To Bitcoin Companies

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TransferWise Blocks Money Transfers To Bitcoin Companies

 JP Buntinx  July 27, 2016  Crypto News, News         It is not the first money transfers to Bitcoin-related  services are blocked by financial institutions. However, it is the first  time TransferWise is doing so, even though they have not been overly  kind to Bitcoin so far. Cashila and ICONOMI users can no longer receive  funds through Transferwise, which is rather annoying when making a  deposit. 

TransferWise Becomes A Roadblock For Bitcoin Services

Most people know the TransferWise name  as a company making big wave sin the Fintech industry. By targeting the  money transfer service, this company attempts to offer much cheaper  remittance rates. Moreover, they allow users to send bank transfers to  other countries for a very low price. This had made them rather  appealing to users of Bitcoin exchange platforms in recent months. That being said, Cashila and  ICONOMI users got a nasty surprise when dealing with TransferWise for  depositing funds. As it turns out, the money transfer service no longer  sends funds to Cashila, without issuing any prior warning to users or  the company. For some reason, the platform says “we cannot currently  accept payments to this recipient.”  According to the TransferWise team,  they will no longer support cryptocurrency platforms due to “regulatory  requirements”. To the average user, this may sound logical, but it is a  load of BS in the end. The CEO of TransferWise recently stated  how Bitcoin is “dead”, and this decision has more to do with that train  of thought than any regulatory issue, by the look of things. Luckily, the Cashila team has come up  with solutions to this platform. The platform offers many free deposit  options for various currencies, which is always a positive thing.  Moreover, using non-EUR currencies is not subject to any additional  charges. This is quite good for anyone who is not sending funds from a  SEPA account, as that is not a requirement to use the Cashila services.  

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