By Isaac • October 19, 2026 7:19 pm •
Germany’s Sparkassen network has started bringing crypto trading into the same banking app millions of customers already use, with Bitcoin and XRP among the first five supported assets.
According to CryptoTicker, the first participating savings banks activated the service on October 19 inside App Sparkasse. Customers at those banks can buy and sell Bitcoin, Ether, XRP, Solana and Polygon without moving to a separate crypto exchange.
The rollout is local rather than simultaneous. Each Sparkasse decides when to turn the feature on, while DekaBank provides the execution-only trading infrastructure behind it.
The German Savings Banks Association expects roughly 30 to 40 more institutions to activate the service each month. More than 230 local savings banks have
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