The transnational bank Standard Chartered opened access to Bitcoin and ether spare trade for institutional customers through its unit in the UK.

The bank’s statement indicates that for institutional customers, including corporations, investors and management assets, transactions have become available through platform interfaces similar to the foreign exchange market (FX).

“As demand grows, we strive to provide customers with a safe and effective way to work with digital assets as part of regulation,” said Bill Winters, head of Standard Chartered.

In the near future, the bank plans to add forwarding contracts for its customers without delivery to cryptocurrencies.

Earlier, the US Cash circulation control department (OCC) has published new rules governing the procedure for providing digital assets storage services.