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Robinhood Stock-Trading Startup Officially Abandons Plan to Become a Full Bank

Popular stock-trading startup Robinhood has decided that it is no longer interested in becoming a federally insured bank. Months ago, the company applied for a bank charter with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), in an effort to become a fully-fledged bank but has now decided to shelve said plans.According to the statement, the company has taken this step to shift its attention away from banking to its own core business directed at improving the efficiency of the financial...

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