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Digital Disruption

Independent Banker

Unlike highly regulated, FDIC-insured banks, which are subject to strict, expensive security standards designed to protect consumers’ sensitive information, FinTech companies are barely regulated and seldom examined. Consider the 80 million millennials who would rather manage their finances with a smartphone app than visit a bank branch.

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Mezu: What It Would Take To Replace Cash

PYMNTS

Brisker said most current apps are focused on the affluent millennial , but there is a gap where less privileged, working-class folks are not having their needs met by the tools that are available. From the Ground Up. Mezu wants to start by giving underserved people a gateway into the formal economy right at home in the U.S.,

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