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 <p class="is-style-lead">The American Vast Bank, the first in the United States to offer its clients tools for working with <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="crypto" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/crypto.html">crypto</a>currencies, has decided to <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="leave" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/leave.html">leave</a> the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="crypto" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/crypto.html">crypto</a> <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="industry" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/industry.html">industry</a>.</p>
 <p>Information about this appeared on the credit institution’s website. Due to the refusal to work with <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="crypto" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/crypto.html">crypto</a>currencies, the Vast Bank team closed the mobile application through which bank clients could conduct transactions with digital assets.</p>
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  <p>“To strategically align our operations, effective Wednesday, January 31st, 2024, we will be disabling and removing the Vast Crypto Mobile Banking application from Google and Apple, which means your Vast Crypto Mobile Banking account(s), including any Digital Assets held in custody, will be liquidated and closed.”</p> <cite>Vast Bank statement</cite>
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 <p>The credit institution offered users tools for working with <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="crypto" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/crypto.html">crypto</a>currency in 2019. According to American Banker, Vast Bank could refuse to work with digital assets due to pressure from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).</p>
 <p>In September 2021, it was reported that Vast Bank became the first commercial bank to offer its clients the opportunity to make <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="crypto" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/crypto.html">crypto</a>currency transactions. The bank, located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, announced the launch of a new Crypto Banking service. Vast Bank became the first federally authorized bank in the United States to offer the ability to buy, sell, and store <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="crypto" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/crypto.html">crypto</a>currencies directly using banks.&nbsp;</p>
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