“Wells Fargo (WFC) wants to get to know Bitcoin. The nation’s fourth-largest bank by assets convened a meeting in the Bay Area Tuesday with experts on the digital currency and payment system, and other systems like it, to obtain a better understanding. ‘We had a gathering of internal and external experts and interested people to learn more about virtual currencies, including Bitcoin,’ says Mary Eshet, a spokeswoman for the $1.5 trillion-asset Wells Fargo. ‘It’s a new, evolving … currency,’ she says, ‘and since we have so much interest and invested in payment system we want to understand everything that’s relevant about it.'”
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