Czech Bank Partners Banka Puts Bitcoin Buying Inside Everyday Mobile Banking

Partners Banka has reportedly become the first bank in the Czech Republic to let customers buy and sell bitcoin in its own mobile banking app, after partnering with the domestic crypto firm Anycoin to handle trades and custody.

The service was announced in Prague on 5 August 2026 and was scheduled to go live the following Monday, 10 August.

Account holders can open a crypto account in the Partners app in a few minutes, starting with as little as 500 Czech crowns.

They do not need a separate exchange registration, another app, or the recovery phrases and wallet keys that usually come with holding bitcoin themselves.

A customer chooses an amount in crowns, confirms the order, and the money is taken from an ordinary bank account.

The bitcoin position, its current value, and the record of purchases and sales then sit alongside the rest of the customer’s finances in the same screen. Opening and keeping the crypto account carry no charge.

A fee applies only when bitcoin is bought or sold, and the bank says the exact cost is shown before the order is confirmed.

Each trade is capped at a minimum of 500 crowns and a maximum of 1 million crowns.

The bank frames the product as a way for people to try a small position and watch how it moves, rather than as a core savings product. Execution and safekeeping sit with Anycoin, not with the bank.