They do not work as standalone solutions.

Progress was swift and when the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) succeeded the MDGs in 2015, ending AIDS was no longer a standalone goal.

Stock prices have climbed, led by financials and industrials; interest rates on US government bonds have risen, both on a standalone basis and relative to those in other advanced economies; and the dollar has surged to levels not seen since 2003.

For example, Lehman Brothers was a standalone investment bank, and AIG was an insurance company.

At some point – and we are nearing it – bridges to nowhere become a standalone risk: they can topple over.

As Ming Zeng explains in Smart Business: What Alibaba’s Success Reveals about the Future of Strategy, e-commerce and payment platforms, at least in China, have evolved from standalone platforms into widely accessible digitally enabled ecosystems.

But while the report is unambiguously positive about the impact of fintech startups, whether they remain standalone entities, or join existing banks to create complementary offerings, the authors’ conclusions about Big Tech are far more nuanced.

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