FIG (Banks & Insurance)
A fintech lender argues it should trade on revenue multiples like a software company. What's the counterargument?
Model answer
Follow the risk, not the app. If the company takes credit risk, funds assets on (or even near) its own balance sheet, or gathers deposit-like funding, its economics are a bank's: capital-intensive…
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