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PayPal is shifting Aussie dollars onto crypto exchanges

James Eyers

Key Points

  • PayPal is making it easier for people to load AUD into Independent Reserve. 
  • PayPal conducted due diligence on its processes for safeguarding funds.
  • The digital currency exchange welcomes more government regulation.

PayPal will make it easier to invest in crypto as major banks remain cool on the space, under a deal with Independent Reserve that will allow its customers to use a credit card to send Australian dollars to its digital currency exchange.

Independent Reserve, which has 250,000 customers and holds crypto balances of $1 billion, said the new “on ramp” will support customers looking to buy cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ether and Ripple, including through its bitcoin.com.au brand.

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James Eyers writes on banking, finance, payments, regulation and emerging technologies. Based in Sydney, he is a former legal and investment banking editor at the AFR and has been a business journalist for more than 20 years. Email James at jeyers@afr.com.au

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