Remittance Firms Slow to Add Bitcoin, Despite El Salvador Move

Remittance Firms Slow to Add Bitcoin, Despite El Salvador Move
Bitcoin banners are seen outside of a small restaurant at El Zonte Beach in Chiltiupan, El Salvador, on June 8, 2021. Jose Cabezas/Reuters
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LONDON—El Salvador may be touting bitcoin’s use to help its citizens living abroad send funds back home, but the biggest remittance firms are cautious about offering cryptocurrency services.

In a move that could be a harbinger of crypto becoming a more popular way to send money across borders, El Salvador on Wednesday became the first country to adopt bitcoin as a parallel legal tender.