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Fintech companies are applying to become banks. Here's what it takes to become one (opens the original)
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Fintech companies - think payment apps and crypto firms - are not banks. Even so, many are getting banking licenses from Trump administration regulators. From our Indicator team, here are Wailin Wong and Ricky Mulvey. WAILIN WONG, BYLINE: Welcome back to Who Wants To Be A Bank? It's the game show where financial technology companies undergo a grueling process in hopes of winning a coveted banking license and some other goodies. RICKY MULVEY, BYLINE: To explain what's at stake here, we're going t
Why the U.S. Treasury is buying back double the government bonds it normally does (opens the original)
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Next week, the U.S. Treasury plans to buy back at least double the number of 10-, 20- and 30-year government bonds it normally does. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says it's to help markets run smoothly, but many investors are skeptical. The Indicator's Wailin Wong and Adrian Ma explain what the Treasury's buyback program may be up to. WAILIN WONG, BYLINE: The U.S. government sells notes and bonds called Treasurys, and the Treasury market is around $30 trillion. It is a bedrock of global
The money investors borrow to trade in the U.S. stock market is at an all-time high (opens the original)
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The amount of money that investors are borrowing to make trades is at an all-time high - more than $1.5 trillion. And that's more than the country's total credit card debt. The Indicator's Wailin Wong and Ricky Mulvey report. WAILIN WONG, BYLINE: Let's say you want to invest $100 in Apple stock but only have $50. You could do something called margin trading. That's where you borrow money from a broker to buy more than you have in cash. RICKY MULVEY, BYLINE: And making profits with other people's
Romance books recommended by NPR staff for summer reading (opens the original)
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Whew, is it just me or is it getting hot in here? And I don't just mean the weather. Our colleagues are about to recommend some steamy romance novels from Books We Love, NPR's list of best reads. WAILIN WONG, BYLINE: My name is Wailin Wong. I am the cohost of The Indicator from Planet Money, and I'm here to recommend the book "The Paris Match" by Kate Clayborn. This is a romance novel about a woman who goes to Paris to attend the wedding of her former husband's sister. And even though she's been
New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh isn't as focused on employment, part of the dual mandate (opens the original)
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The Federal Reserve cares a lot about inflation and about jobs. That is because Congress gave the Fed what's known as a dual mandate. But President Trump's new Fed chair, Kevin Warsh, is talking less about employment. The Indicator's Wailin Wong and Darian Woods explain why jobs and inflation are tricky to balance, and what the new Fed chair could be signaling. WAILIN WONG, BYLINE: The Federal Reserve's current mission is kind of recent. It wasn't until the late '70s that Congress changed the Fe
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