European Bank Bitwala offers deposits in bitcoins at 4.3%

The German online bank Bitwala has added support for deposits in bitcoins with an annual interest rate of up to 4.3%. Payments to customers are made weekly.

The new feature came about through the partnership of Bitwala with the Celsius Network crypto-lending platform. As a result, the company became the first fiat bank to offer payments for the storage of BTC.