Pro-Crypto Bank. THE Group Santander is one of the most important banks in Europe, and even the first in Spain. And the banking multinational was very early became interested in the Bitcoin sector (BTC) and its technologiesexperimenting in particular tokenisation on Ethereum (ETH) from 2019. Its online banking subsidiary, Opengoes completely in this direction, since she has just announced the opening of the garde one you trading from cryptocurrencies to its private customers.
The key points of this article:
The OpenBank online bank, a subsidiary of Grupo Santander, allows its German customers to buy, sell and have five major cryptocurrencies.
This initiative will be extended to Spain and is accompanied by transaction costs of 1.49 %, while guaranteeing the protection of investors according to European Mica regulations.
OpenBank online bank allows its customers to buy and sell Bitcoin and 4 other cryptos
According to a press release published this Tuesday, September 16, 2025 on the group's official website Santanderits online banking subsidiary Open will allow its German customers today to buy, sell and have five major cryptocurrencies. In addition to the essential BitcoinOpenBank will also offer trading and guard ofEthereumof Litecoin (LTC), the Polygon (Pol) ET of Cardano (ADA). In addition to Germany now, the offer will also be » deployed in Spain in the coming weeks ». The Bank specifies that its customers wishing to invest in crypto-active via its services will benefit » Guarantees and the protection of investors provided for by European mica regulations (Markets in Crypto-Astets) ”. This role intermediary aura, however a costsince the sales and purchases of these digital assets will have » costs of 1.49 % (with a minimum of € 1 per operation) «, but, specifies the bank, with» No daycare » (Fortunately !).
The Santander banking group is very favorable to cryptocurrencies
As we saw in the introduction, the Grupo Santander quickly captured the revolutionary potentialor at least innovativeBitcoin and blockchain networks. The bank has therefore already conducted several experimentation on the Modernization of finance not carried these technologies. In this case, it is downright cryptocurrencies that are made directly available, obviously following a high demand customers for this young asset class:
«By integrating the main cryptocurrencies into our investment platform, we respond to the demand of some of our customers and continue to strengthen a wide range of products and services thanks to an agile and simple technological platform, supported by one of the main global financial groups. »»
Coty de Monteverde, responsible Crypto Chez Santander Group
With this new announcement of its subsidiary OpenBank, the Santander group therefore continues to to strenghten His position in the cryptosphere. Because it must be said that there is concurrence Between financial institutions that do not want to become obsolete. Indeed, barely a few days ago, it is another large Spanish bank, the Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, better known under its acronym BBVA, which began to offer a care service for crypto-active.