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Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) and Bitpanda are expanding their partnership. As the two companies have just announced, they are setting up a common framework that will allow RBI’s network banks in Central and Eastern Europe to offer their customers access to digital assets. The technical infrastructure comes from Bitpanda Enterprise, the B2B arm of the Vienna-based crypto broker. According to the partners, RBI’s regional network serves around 18 million customers.

The companies did not name a launch date or the first countries to go live. The rollout is set to happen step by step, with each network bank deciding on its own offering and timing, depending on local regulatory…