NODE 323515e9Re: 1)Age etc CA 2)Swedish Digicash
Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>Thu, 7 Dec 95 07:06:01 PST
At 01:56 PM 12/7/95 +0100, Mats Bergstrom wrote:
>Posten has licensed Digicash and plans to
>open a mint/bank (Posten already is closely connected to a bank)
>dealing in Swedish crowns. (This is not news but things seem to
>be moving right now.) Some (but slight) mention of laundering,
>of course. It's supposed to come about in 'the beginning of next
>year'. I wonder how exchanges crowns/dollars will be managed.
Is there an existing Post Office Bank in Sweden? If so, can foreigners open
accounts? The UK's postal bank (Girobank) has become more like a normal
bank and I think foreigners can open accounts. (The US Postal Savings
System was closed in 1956 or so.) I'd rather have a Swedish Digicash
account than one in the US.
DCF
"A bank is just a money switch. Soon we'll all have money switches."
NODE da024ef2Re: 1)Age etc CA 2)Swedish Digicash
Mats Bergstrom <asgaard@sos.sll.se>Thu, 7 Dec 95 14:11:14 PST
On Thu, 7 Dec 1995, Duncan Frissell wrote:
> Is there an existing Post Office Bank in Sweden? If so, can foreigners open
> accounts? The UK's postal bank (Girobank) has become more like a normal
Yes, Nordbanken. It started as a government owned Post Office bank but
was privatized years ago. It still is closely connected to Posten. I'm
sure a foreigner can open an account - the Swedish banking system is
very deregulated nowadays, and Sweden is (unfortunately) an EU member.
Mats