PayPal Applies to Become a Bank as US Loosens Regulatory Reins
PayPal Holdings Inc. headquarters in San Jose, California.
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PayPal Holdings Inc. applied to become a bank in the US, looking to take advantage of the Trump administration’s openness to financial-technology companies entering the banking system.
The payments-focused firm submitted applications to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Utah Department of Financial Institutions to form a Utah-chartered industrial loan company, PayPal said in a statement Monday.
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