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Banks cannot globalize like software companies because banking is tightly bound to national monetary sovereignty.

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  1. Byrne Hobart

    Writes The Diff, a newsletter on inflections in finance…

    banks can't globalize the way other firms can because the banking system is so close to a form of sovereignty: governments very carefully guard the privilege to create more money, and when they give it out, there are strings attached.

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