Fintech Recap: Everyone Wants To Be A Bank

About this episode

The episode discusses the trend of various financial entities wanting to become banks and its implications.

In this episode, Alex and I had the chance to discuss: * Why seemingly every bank, crypto, and stablecoin company wants to become a bank (and what it could mean for their valuations) * A return to BaaS Island: CFSB’s consent order, and how it compares to those of other fintech partner banks * President Trump’s fintech- and banking-related executive orders * And, as always, what Alex and I just can’t let go of Get full access to Fintech Business Weekly at fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com/subscribe

People in this episode

Host: Jason Mikula

Guest: Alex

Topics covered

• banking
• fintech
• BaaS
• crypto
• stablecoin
• executive orders

Keywords

• banking
• fintech
• BaaS
• crypto
• stablecoin
• executive orders
• valuations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CFSB, Fintech Business Weekly

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