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AdmiralAsshat
on Aug 6, 2019
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2019: When the tech companies hit a ceiling of profit they could make through conventional business transactions, they decided to become banks.
vessenes
on Aug 6, 2019
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I would say it's the reverse -- tech companies gain more market value from customer stickiness than banks generate in fees fucking over customers. The difficulty using this knowledge in the US has been regulatory and compliance related.
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