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Western Union to embrace Bitcoin only if fully regulated

Friday 27 June 2014 13:31 CET | News

Hikmet Ersek, CEO Western Union, has informed that the remittances company is planning to adopt Bitcoin use should the crypto-currency be regulated accordingly, coindeskreport.com reports.

Ersek, in an interview held at Bloomberg TV, cited by the same source, has argued that Western Union offers support for 121 different national currencies.

However, Ersek has recently pointed out that digital currencies incorporate limited practicalities on the receiver-side, a key aspect of Western Union’s business scheme.


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