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Ayanna Pressley: “Our financial system enables big banks and fintech companies…”

Featuring: Ayanna Pressley, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 7th Congressional District

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Rep. Pressley Calls for Autonomy over Consumers' Personal Financial Data, Protection from Big Banks

Published | Video Starts at 01:11

And when he checks his emails, there is spam about opening a bank account. That doesn't happen by chance. It is by design. Our financial system enables big banks and fintech companies to abuse our financial data for their own profit. Meanwhile, Mark and the rest of us are limited and told what we can and cannot do, but with our own data. Now here's the thing. We can actually do something about this. (01:11–01:18)

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Asserts that the financial system allows banks and fintech companies to misuse financial data for profit.

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