Lloyds Banking Group, the British parent company of Lloyds Bank, is currently hiring a \u201cdigital currency [and] innovation senior manager,\u201d according to a recent job listing posted to BYP Network. Lloyds is one of the largest financial services firms in the world with close to $500 billion assets under management (AUM). The new digital currency job advertisement highlights the new employee will work with the firm\u2019s mobile banking network with \u201cover 30 million customers.\u201d<\/p>\n
A job listing <\/span>published<\/span><\/a> on BYP Network explains that Lloyds Banking Group is in need of a digital currency expert. Lloyds notes that the company\u2019s Payments Liquidity & Settlement team is a newly formed venture unit and the group and \u201cglobal network of bank relationships\u201d details that they \u201clook towards the future, digital currencies.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n The job listing follows the recent surge of Fortune 500 firms that have been looking to hire digital currency experts like <\/span>Amazon<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Apple<\/span><\/a>, and Walmart just revealed it is <\/span>looking<\/span><\/a> for a cryptocurrency lead as well.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe outlook for digital assets has shifted markedly as a number of factors have converged to make them ready for the possibility of wider adoption,\u201d Lloyd\u2019s job listing says. \u201cRegulatory clarity is improving whilst central banks are actively exploring digital currencies. 86% are running pilots, and certain geographies, e.g. China, are close to going live.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n An individual who is interested in working for Lloyds must have a strong payments product background and \u201cfirst-hand experience and knowledge of digital\/cryptocurrencies and related technologies.\u201d The Lloyds\u2019 digital currency expert candidate must be aware of fintech services and the current market. Alongside all those requirements, the candidate must \u201ccommunicate complex ideas, proposals, issues, and implications in a concise way to colleagues at all levels and to a range of business partners.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n Lloyds notes that the base salary for this position is \u00a359,040pa and \u00a387,600pa or $120K. However, Lloyds will also provide the potential employee with benefits such as: <\/span><\/p>\n A performance related discretionary bonus<\/span> Meanwhile, bitcoiners from the subreddit forum r\/bitcoin <\/span>discussed<\/span><\/a> the recent Lloyds job listing for a digital currency expert and one person mentioned the bank gave them issues for purchasing BTC<\/a> in the past. \u201cI got such a bollocking for trying to buy bitcoin through my Lloyds account. Had to speak to someone from [the] top level fraud team. Got grilled about my long game, volatility etc. I was polite but if I wasn\u2019t so English I would have told them to get f***** and give me my money. Took most of it out though,\u201d the Redditor <\/span>said<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n The Lloyds\u2019 digital currency expert job listing further details that if the candidate meets the skill sets mentioned above the bank would \u201cideally\u201d like the employee to reside in Birmingham, Edinburgh or London. \u201cThese locations are our main payment hubs but applicants are welcome from across the UK,\u201d Lloyds\u2019 job listing concludes. However, at the very top of the advertisement, there is a remote icon hinting that the job position could be fulfiled from a remote location. <\/span><\/p>\n What do you think about the British retail and commercial banking group Lloyds looking to hire a digital currency expert? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Bitcoin News Lloyds Banking Group, the British parent company of Lloyds Bank, is currently hiring a \u201cdigital currency [and] innovation senior manager,\u201d according to a recent job listing posted to BYP Network. Lloyds is one of the largest financial services firms in the world with close to $500 billion assets under management (AUM). The new digital currency…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":11133,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blockchain-news","category-coin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11132"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Lloyds Candidate Required to Understand Cryptocurrencies, Ideally Based in Birmingham, Edinburgh, London, Possibly Remote<\/h2>\n
\nGenerous pension contribution<\/span>
\n30 days leave plus bank holidays<\/span>
\nA flexible cash pot (4% of base salary) to spend on benefits<\/span>
\nPrivate health cover<\/span>
\nWider corporate benefits and perks<\/span><\/p>\n
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