SAO PAULO - Brazil's largest private lender Itau Unibanco Holding SA is considering offering services for retail clients to buy and sell cryptocurrencies, in the future, an executive said on Thursday.

Itau's digital assets chief executive Vanessa Fernandes did not provide details on when such a platform could be available.

The bank announced on Thursday a new token trading platform.

(Reporting by Aluisio Alves; Writing by Gabriel Araujo)