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Tag: Opinion: “Banking is necessary; banks are not” – Bill Gates

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Opinion: “Banking is necessary; banks are not” – Bill Gates

By Taamara de Silva To those who say that Apple did not kill the music industry, being forced to buy the entire music album did, Amazon did not kill retailers, long queues at the local store did, AirBnb didn’t kill the hotel industry, limited availability of hotel rooms did, Uber didn’t kill the taxi business, […]

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