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Does the world still need banks?

Our podcast on markets, the economy and business. This week: as technology upends payments, money management and even currencies—can banks adapt to survive?

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TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE is upending finance as the clout of payment platforms and tech firms grows and central banks begin to issue their own digital currencies. But can you imagine a world without banks? Rachana Shanbhogue explores the future of banking with Alice Fulwood, The Economist’s Wall Street correspondent, Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, Patrick Collison, cofounder and CEO of Stripe, Kahina van Dyke, head of digital and data at Standard Chartered, and Jean-Pierre Landau, former deputy-governor of the Banque de France. Runtime: 31 min

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