Crypto-Asset Regulation · glossary

Credit institution

The law's word for a bank. Clients' euro must be placed at one by the end of the next business day. Only a credit institution or an electronic money institution may issue an electronic money token. Binder §4.3 · Chapter 1 · Chapter 5

Explained in Chapter 1, What a Crypto-Asset Is, and Why the State Cares, of Crypto-Asset Regulation.

How it comes up, in Chapter 1
First, the client sends euro from a bank account. Halcyon must place a client's euro at a credit institution (a bank) by the end of the next business day (Article 70). The account is in Halcyon's name but held for clients, apart from Halcyon's own money.
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