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Fintech and the coronavirus pandemic

Fintech Beat, Ep. 44

A visitor wears a face mask at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington.
A visitor wears a face mask at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Fintech Beat sits down with Brookings’ Aaron Klein to talk about the Federal Reserve’s responses to Wall Street’s historic declines, and what the pandemic means for fintech in light of the sector’s strengths–and weaknesses.

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