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  "id": 2221123,
  "title": "Kraken parent Payward explores becoming a ‘full bank’ outside the US",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/kraken-parent-payward-explores-becoming-a-full-bank-outside-the-us",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-20T20:41:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Block",
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    "url": "https://www.theblock.co/news/business/2026-08-20-kraken-parent-payward-explores-becoming-a-full-bank-outside-us-412390"
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  "summary": "Payward is expanding across banking, lending and asset management, with mortgages a future possibility.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}