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How Black-owned fintechs are closing the racial wealth gap

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Minority-owned firms have a more challenging road to land funding, without which firms are unable to reach the next level of growth or attract the intellectual capital needed to take on competitors.

Wells Fargo chief executive Charles Scharf created a firestorm on Twitter late last year for blaming diversity issues at his firm on a shortage of minority talent. He later apologized, but the comments highlight the challenges minorities face in wealth management.

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