Nonghyup Bank "temporary suspension of the issuance of new Bitsum virtual accounts from the 1st of next month" – Chosunbiz

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A Nonghyup bank official said, "The last day of the day will be the end of the virtual account service agreement with Bitsum." The new virtual accounts will not be published on the first day of next month, "he added," The reasons for not renewing the contract are due to the lack of requirements such as internal control standards. "

adds however: "We will keep the existing virtual account for the convenience of NACF bank customers."

The virtual account service to confirm the real name has been launched in the past to eliminate virtual speculation and increase market transparency. January was introduced.

Shinhan Bank also did not sign a new contract with Bitsum. A Shinhan Bank official said, "Even after signing a contract with Bitsum, there has been no change since I did not open a virtual account," Bitsum said.

Bitsum was hacked last month and stole virtual money worth 18.9 billion won. Bitsum said that "there was no investor loss", but he raised concern about the low security of the virtual currency exchange. Bitsum was hacked in June last year, and 31,000 members were leaked.

Bitsum says that he is in talks with Nonghyup Bank on a renewed agreement. "We are working on negotiations with Nonghyup Bank to extend the contract." "We will try to reduce our differences in a month."