Postbank plans crypto, stocks, and gold investing in its app by early 2027

Postbank wants its customers to do more in its app than check balances and pay utility bills. The Bulgarian lender, formally known as Eurobank Bulgaria AD, plans to let users buy crypto, stocks, and gold directly inside its mobile banking app. The rollout is slated for early 2027. What Postbank is promising The planned service covers a wide menu: stocks, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), crypto assets, commodities, and metals, gold included. ETFs, for the uninitiated, are baskets of assets that trade like a single stock, so buying one share gets you a slice of many holdings at once. Postbank is pitching the feature around small-sum and fractional investing. Fractional investing works like buying a slice of pizza instead of the whole pie. You can own part of an expensive share or asset without paying the full sticker price. Postbank will not build the investing engine itself. The bank says it will work with an international investment platform, though it has not named that partner. Several other key pieces are also still unannounced. The bank has not said which specific assets will be available, what the fees will look like, or how customer holdings will be held in custody. Postbank ran...