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Bridging Cash and Digital Currency: What Payward’s Saldo Bank Acquisition Means for Kraken Users Payward , Kraken’s parent company, is acquiring Lithuania’s Saldo Bank to meet demand for integrated banking and digital asset services. Unified Financial Services The acquisition aims to bring traditional banking and digital assets into one ecosystem. Payward co-CEO Arjun Sethi says customers want services like those of conventional banks. Payward plans to combine cash, digital assets, tokenized stocks, and credit on a single platform, reducing reliance on third-party banks, wire transfers, and fragmented services . Lending, Cards, and Returns Saldo Bank’s EU banking license could enable Payward to offer consumer and business loans, term deposits, and debit and credit cards . Customers may also be able to borrow or lend against digital currency without selling it, improving access to liquidity and potential returns . Support and Rewards Reports do not...