Banks beware, outsiders are cracking the code for finance


FILE PHOTO An employee walks past a sign at Shopifys headquarters in Ottawa Ontario Canada October 22 2018. REUTERSChris Wattie

FILE PHOTO: An employee walks past a sign at Shopify's headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, October 22, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Wattie

LONDON (Reuters) - Anyone can be a banker these days, you just need the right code.

Global brands from Mercedes and Amazon to IKEA and Walmart are cutting out the traditional financial middleman and plugging in software from tech startups to offer customers everything from banking and credit to insurance.

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