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I have a confession to make: I have gone native when it comes to financial technology (fintech). I experimented with a wide array of banking and investing apps for years, but I kept my “legacy”, old-world accounts at the same time. I used to think that fintech apps sounded tremendous – but can suddenly go bust, leaving customers stranded.

Over the last six months, though, I’ve realised that most of the services I use are here to stay, either because the providers are profitable now or because much more significant players are behind the brands. So I have now dumped my legacy accounts and only work with

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