====== FV Bank ======

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**FV Bank** is an American banking and financial services company based in [[puerto_rico:San Juan]], [[Puerto Rico]]. The bank provides specialized services for [[cryptocurrency]] and [[blockchain]] companies.

===== History =====

In January 2022, FV Bank announced a "strategic investment" into [[DIRO]], a company offering identity and document verification services.((Cardoza, E. (2022, January 21). //FV Bank announces strategic investment in DIRO.// IBS Intelligence. https://web.archive.org/web/20230410221005/https://ibsintelligence.com/ibsi-news/fv-bank-announces-strategic-investment-in-diro/)) The bank integrated DIRO's service into their "Know Your Customer" (KYC) protocols.

In September 2022, the [[United States government]] seized around $20 million USD in assets held at the bank by [[Himalaya Exchange]].((//23 CRIM 118.// (2023, March 6). Cryptome; United States District Court Southern District of New York. https://web.archive.org/web/20230405092411/https://cryptome.org/2023/03/kwok-002.pdf))

===== Organization =====

==== Personnel ====

^ Name  ^ Position  ^ Notes  ^
| [[Miles Paschini]]  | Co-founder and CEO  | -  |

==== Investors ====

Investors in FV Bank include:((//FV Bank - Funding, Financials, Valuation & Investors.// Crunchbase. Retrieved April 10, 2023, from https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/fv-bank/investor_financials))

  * [[BnkToTheFuture]]
  * [[CCIX Global]]
  * [[Decentralized Ventures]]
  * [[Disrupt Ventures]]
  * [[Neighborhood Funders Group]]
  * [[NGC Ventures]]
  * [[Satvat]]
  * [[Zenrain Technology]]

===== External links =====

  * [[https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/fv-bank|Crunchbase]]
  * [[https://www.linkedin.com/company/fv-bank|LinkedIn]]
  * [[https://twitter.com/fvbankus|Twitter]]
  * [[https://www.fvbank.us/|Website]]