Bank of America CEO says banks will embrace crypto with clearer regulations
The banking sector could embrace crypto payments if clearer rules are in place Crypto would be another form of payment like Visa and Mastercard, said Brian Moynihan A new crypto task force aims to provide a “clear regulatory framework for crypto assets” Bank of America’s CEO said the US banking industry will embrace crypto payments if clearer rules are in place from regulators. In an interview with CNBC at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Brian Moynihan said that all banks send money digitally nowadays. He added that if rules come in and crypto payments are made “real,” then “the banking system will come in hard on the transactional side of it.” “If you go down the street here and you go in and buy lunch, right, if you can pay with Visa, Mastercard, a debit card, Apple Pay, etc., this would just be another form of payment,” the BoA CEO said. To date, US banks have been cautious about offer...