Bitvavo → Santander · Openbank: will your cash-out go through?

Selling on Bitvavo and sending the euros to your Santander · Openbank account? Community reports say: risky, expect friction. Here is what that means in practice.

Santander · Openbank · P2P tolerance: Strict

Blocked UK payments to exchanges from 2021, and Spanish forums document accounts frozen after P2P crypto sale transfers. Openbank's own crypto product is softening the stance.

Community-reported, separate from the CBL Score.

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The one rule that matters

Cash out from your own Bitvavo account, in your own name, to your own Santander · Openbank account. Third-party transfers from P2P buyers are the number one freeze trigger at every bank we track. Avoid crypto words in the payment reference, and test a small amount before a serious one.

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