Let's play ... Who Wants To Be a Bank!

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  This is the indicator from Planet Money.

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  I'm Waylon Wong.

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  I'm Ricky Mulvey.

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  But Waylon, this isn't the indicator.

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  What?

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  This is who wants to be a bank.

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  This is the game show where financial technology companies vie for a shot at a U.S.

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  Banking license.

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  There are all these companies out there that do stuff with our money, but are technically not banks.

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  Payment apps, crypto firms, buy now, pay later companies.

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  They don't have banking licenses, but they want them.

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  And the Trump administration and its regulators want to grant them.

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  In fact, they've already approved more new banks this year than in all of 2025. Today on the show,

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  why do so many fintech companies want to be banks and what does it take to get there?

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  Find out today on Who Wants to Be a Bank?

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  The games will begin after this word from our sponsor.

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