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Wall Street Journal Cutting out banks: Transferwise, the global money transfer startup that has so far worked indirectly with consumers through its bank partners, wants its own independent licenses, eschewing banks. The five-year-old London-based company currently partners with Barclays in the U.K. and Community Federal Savings Bank in New York. It has licenses in 37 states, and can operate independently in three states that don't require licenses. The company's CEO says having its own licenses willÂ...