{"id":9876,"date":"2018-06-15T08:30:49","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T08:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/?p=9876"},"modified":"2018-08-10T05:47:21","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T05:47:21","slug":"berlin-based-online-bank-to-use-bitcoins-to-issue-loans-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/berlin-based-online-bank-to-use-bitcoins-to-issue-loans-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"Berlin-based online bank to use Bitcoins to issue loans worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Berlin-based peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform Bitbond will soon allow its customers to receive loans in bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies around the world. This will help the company bypass the SWIFT system of international bank transfers and provide money to borrowers almost instantly.&nbsp; It will also save consumers money as commission fees will be much lower than those charged through the traditional system. Loans are expected to be exchanged into the national currency of the host country within minutes or seconds following the transfer in order to avoid fluctuations in the course of the cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of borrowers are expected to be small business owners or freelance workers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rpbt_shortcode\">\n\n<div id='rpbt-related-gallery-1' class='gallery related-gallery related-galleryid-9876 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='VTB24 bank is going paperless'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/vtb24-bank-is-going-paperless\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/VTB-24-3-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-3693\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-3693'>\n\t\t\t\tVTB24 bank is going paperless\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Video: Big Data challenges and opportunities'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/video-big-data-challenges-and-opportunities\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Video-Big-Data-challenges-and-opportunities-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-13954\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-13954'>\n\t\t\t\tVideo: Big Data challenges and opportunities\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Gates Foundation supports open mobile banking platform in Africa'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/gates-foundation-supports-open-mobile-banking-platform-in-africa\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/gates-foundation-supports-open-mobile-banking-platform-in-africa-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-12970\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-12970'>\n\t\t\t\tGates Foundation supports open mobile banking platform in Africa\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Berlin-based peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform Bitbond will soon allow its customers to receive loans in bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies around the world. This will help the company bypass the SWIFT system of international bank transfers and provide money to borrowers almost instantly.&nbsp; It will also save consumers money as commission fees will be much &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":9917,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,290],"tags":[399,129,335],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9876"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9876"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10089,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9876\/revisions\/10089"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}