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Germany's Public Savings Bank Network Sparkassen to Offer Bitcoin Trading to Clients: Report
Clients will be allowed to trade BTC and ETH via their mobile banking app.
Updated Jul 1, 2025, 7:11 a.m. Published Jul 1, 2025, 7:06 a.m.
What to know:
- Sparkassen, a group of German savings banks, plans to offer cryptocurrency trading services to private clients by summer 2026, per Bloomberg.
- The service will allow trading of cryptocurrencies like BTC and ETH through mobile banking apps via DekaBank's platform.
- This move reflects increasing acceptance of digital assets in traditional banking in the wake of the European MiCAR Regulation.
Sparkassen, a group of savings banks operating across Germany since the first established in Hamburg in 1778, has decided to introduce cryptocurrency trading services for their customers, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The group will enable private clients to trade cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin and ether , directly through their mobile banking apps via the group's securities platform, DekaBank, with the facility expected to go live by summer 2026.
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The news comes months after DekaBank introduced crypto trading and custody services for institutional clients and represents the growing acceptance of digital assets within traditional banking systems.
The German Savings Bank Association (DSGV) reportedly backed the decision to enable crypto trading, citing growing demand and the prevalence of legal framework under the so-called European MiCAR Regulation.
Earlier this year, Matthias Diessl, president of the Savings Banks in Bavaria, said in a Bloomberg interview that savings banks should offer customers the opportunity to trade cryptocurrencies, deviating from a three-year-old committee recommendation cautioning against enabling crypto trading.
That said, despite warming up to the idea, DGSV still considers digital assets as highly speculative investments, according to Bloomberg.
Read more: Boerse Stuttgart Partners With DekaBank to Offer Crypto Trading for Institutional Clients
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