Why Fintech Companies Like Square and Stripe Are Thriving Right Now

Here’s why the economic downturn is actually benefiting payments and lending startups

Byrne Hobart
Marker
Published in
8 min readApr 27, 2020

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Conventional thinking suggests there are two types of companies that would be hit hard in a sudden recession: first, the ones with nowhere to hide because they have exposure to every part of the economy, like…

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Byrne Hobart
Marker
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