{"id":90336,"date":"2024-08-19T15:10:37","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T19:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=90336"},"modified":"2024-08-19T15:11:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T19:11:38","slug":"rakbank-partners-bitpanda-to-unveil-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/rakbank-partners-bitpanda-to-unveil-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"RAKBANK Partners with Bitpanda to Unveil New Platform\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In an effort to expand into the Middle East for the first time, <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/deutsche-bank-bitpanda-partner-for-real-time-crypto-payments.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"80116\">cryptocurrency exchange Bitpanda<\/a> has teamed up with a state-backed bank in Dubai.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/croc_1724091928515-1-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"RAKBANK Partners with Bitpanda to Unveil New Platform\u00a0\" class=\"wp-image-90337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/croc_1724091928515-1-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/croc_1724091928515-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/croc_1724091928515-1-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/croc_1724091928515-1-860x484.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/croc_1724091928515-1.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">RAKBANK Partners with Bitpanda to Unveil New Platform\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the oldest banks in the <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/regulators-in-the-united-arab-emirates-approve-crypto-trading-in-dubai-free-zone.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"10799\">United Arab Emirates<\/a>, RAKBANK, has teamed up with Bitpanda, a cryptocurrency exchange based in Vienna, to increase the range of cryptocurrency products it offers in the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In line with a press statement dated August 19, Bitpanda's first deal in the region, the partnership intends to give UAE citizens a platform to manage their<a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/h\/hodl.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> cryptocurrency holdings<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><g id=\"wpil-svg-outbound-7-icon-path\" fill=\"none\" clip-path=\"url(#clip0_31_188)\">\r\n                            <path d=\"M9.16724 14.8891L20.1672 3.88908\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M13.4497 3.53554L20.5208 3.53554L20.5208 10.6066\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M17.5 13.5L17.5 16.26C17.5 17.4179 17.5 17.9968 17.2675 18.4359C17.0799 18.7902 16.7902 19.0799 16.4359 19.2675C15.9968 19.5 15.4179 19.5 14.26 19.5L7.74 19.5C6.58213 19.5 6.0032 19.5 5.56414 19.2675C5.20983 19.0799 4.92007 18.7902 4.73247 18.4359C4.5 17.9968 4.5 17.4179 4.5 16.26L4.5 9.74C4.5 8.58213 4.5 8.0032 4.73247 7.56414C4.92007 7.20983 5.20982 6.92007 5.56414 6.73247C6.0032 6.5 6.58213 6.5 7.74 6.5L11 6.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                        <\/g>\r\n                        <defs>\r\n                            <clipPath id=\"clip0_31_188\">\r\n                                <rect fill=\"white\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"\/>\r\n                            <\/clipPath>\r\n                        <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n https:\/\/x.com\/rakbanklive\/status\/1825433652714480073\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After the contract is completed, RAKBANK intends to allow its customers to choose from various digital asset use cases and payment choices, even though the Central Bank of the UAE still needs to approve the collaboration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Bitpanda CEO Lukas Enzersdorfer-Konrad, the partnership would &#8220;transform crypto access for millions in the UAE and lay the groundwork for future innovation,&#8221; highlighting the country's aspirations in the cryptocurrency industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The involvement of RAKBANK in the cryptocurrency market is familiar. Bangladesh's Bank Asia  collaborated in 2020 to use <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/ripples-cto-post-sparks-reactions-on-x-crypto-community.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"62648\">Ripple's technology<\/a> to facilitate money transactions between the two organizations' accounts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, the most recent agreement comes after a big legal breakthrough in Dubai, where the Court of First Instance just accepted cryptocurrency as an acceptable method of paying salaries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The court's historic ruling concerned an employee without over 5,000 EcoWatt (EWT) tokens due under the contract. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The court affirmed the use of cryptocurrencies in employment contracts by upholding their legitimacy as a form of payment and ordering the employer to use EcoWatt tokens to make the agreed-upon payment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an effort to expand into the Middle East for the first time, cryptocurrency exchange Bitpanda has teamed up with a state-backed bank in Dubai.\u00a0 One of the oldest banks in the United Arab Emirates, RAKBANK, has teamed up with Bitpanda, a cryptocurrency exchange based in Vienna, to increase the range of cryptocurrency products it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":90337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[2252,21372,1394],"class_list":["post-90336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-bitpanda","tag-rakbank","tag-uae"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/croc_1724091928515-1.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}