French Bank BPCE Offers Direct Crypto Access for Millions of Clients
BPCE, France’s €1 trillion banking giant and the country’s second-largest financial group, will allow customers to buy Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and USDC directly inside its mobile banking apps beginning Monday, Dec. 8. The move, first reported by The Big Whale, represents one of Europe’s most significant steps in integrating cryptocurrency transactions into banking institutions and infrastructure.
According to an exclusive report from Raphaël Bloch, French co-founder of on-chain analytics firm TheBigWhale, the rollout begins on Monday, Dec 8, with four of the group’s 29 regional banks, targeting roughly two million clients in the initial phase.
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