Via Business Insider:

I was disturbed by the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. I thought the government did what it had to do at the peak of the crisis but missed an important opportunity afterwards to reform the financial system.

… if the technology industry wants to change the financial services industry, it can’t just build new services on top of existing financial services companies.

… you need to create services that completely bypass incumbent financial companies.

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Points:

  • “Banks charge too much.”
  • “Startups can’t afford the banks.”
  • “If money becomes a software program, there’s amazing new things that can be done with it.”