Straits Financial Joins Hands with BitPay and WB21 to Allow Bitcoin Deposits

Straits Financial has partnered with BitPay and WB21, allowing users to fund their account with Bitcoin deposits. Read more…
Bitcoin as a form of payment can’t be ignored anymore. Many online and offline stores have already started including Bitcoin as an alternative form of payment alongside conventional ones. Now, a futures trading company Straits Financial LLC has decided to include Bitcoin as one of the payment options. Straits Finanical LLC is a subsidiary of Singapore-based Straits Financial Group.
By including Bitcoin payments, Straits Financial LLC has become the first US-based Futures Commission Merchant to start accepting digital currency payments. According to reports, the company has partnered with BitPay and WB21 digital bank to offer Bitcoin option to its customers.
The new offering will allow Straits Financial’s customers to use Bitcoin to fund their trading account by converting it to fiat on-the-fly. The president of Straits Financial Joseph Mazurek was quoted earlier today by a financial magazine saying,

This post was published at NewsBTC on 9:30 pm September 12, 201.