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    As a "just barely avoided having several month's of pay locked into a fintech account" user, I welcome the added regulations that will hopefully bring the end of these 'too good to be true'...

    As a "just barely avoided having several month's of pay locked into a fintech account" user, I welcome the added regulations that will hopefully bring the end of these 'too good to be true' banking apps.

    As the article says:

    Mikula added. ā€œIā€™d expect heightened attention to ongoing due diligence around the financial condition of these kinds of middleware vendors, none of which are profitable, and increased focus on business continuity and operational resilience for banks engaged in BaaS operating models.ā€

    Emphasis mine. These weren't business models. They were pump and dump cash grabs.

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