“We know our competitors will bash us about the head about this. We weren’t the only bank involved. It’s not great news for the franchise, but the thing I can say is that we had a relatively junior role on the transaction”
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“On the spectrum, this deal was not dysfunctional”
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“When the going gets tough, the troubled call Goldman”
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“We’re not a bank, we’re a tech company in the banking space”
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