{"id":671151,"date":"2026-10-14T16:20:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T16:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/?p=855935"},"modified":"2026-10-14T16:20:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T16:20:34","slug":"krakens-parent-company-moves-to-acquire-a-bank-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/10\/14\/krakens-parent-company-moves-to-acquire-a-bank-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Kraken\u2019s Parent Company Moves to Acquire a Bank in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/kraken-wins-22-million-arbitration-as-arjun-sethi-calls-for-clear-crypto-rules-768x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Kraken logo on mobile phone\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 15px 15px 0\" \/>Kraken&#8217;s parent company, Payward, is buying its way into European banking, striking a deal to acquire Lithuania-licensed Saldo Bank and its five-market footprint. The purchase would bring deposit accounts, lending, payment services, and card issuance into the cryptocurrency company&#8217;s expanding financial operation. Payward Targets European Banking License With Saldo Acquisition Payward announced the definitive agreement [&#8230;] <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kraken&#8217;s parent company, Payward, is buying its way into European banking, striking a deal to acquire Lithuania-licensed Saldo Bank and its five-market footprint. The purchase would bring deposit accounts, lending, payment services, and card issuance into the cryptocurrency company&#8217;s expanding financial operation. Payward Targets European Banking License With Saldo Acquisition Payward announced the definitive agreement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":671152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-671151","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bitcoin"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}