Why Starbucks is Actually a Bank

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Publicado 2021-01-26
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Todos los comentarios (21)
  • @NamanSachdeva12
    "McDonald's is a real estate company" "Starbucks is a bank" Next: why harvard is a wealth management company
  • @geolex4560
    i'm a starbucks barista in a ritsy area, and customers will straight up keep hundreds of dollars loaded on their starbucks app. i'm shocked every time, like, it's a power move.
  • @TrangleC
    Small town friendliness is the last thing I think of, when thinking of the typical Starbucks barista.
  • @TheSecondVersion
    Polymatter: McDonald's is a landlord, Starbucks is a bank Calling it, Spotify is a private military contractor
  • @abdulalhamodt
    This channel makes me second guess all my knowledge. What next, McDonald’s is a real estate company? 😂
  • "it's sorta liquid, not just because you can convert it to coffee.' -niiiiice
  • @bork9570
    Now you can tell bank robbers “Sir, this is a Starbucks”
  • @jooky87
    The genius of naming it “Star” “Bucks” now has a whole new meaning... future digital currency...
  • @gabrielvarig
    I’m not a financial mogul or anything, so watching this makes me that much prouder that I figured out Starbucks had become a bank back in 2015.
  • @exyl_sounds
    it aint a polymatter video without china being somewhere in it 5:24 🗿
  • "McDonald's is a real estate company" "Starbucks is a bank" "Chili's is a front for the Chinese mafia"
  • @ShihammeDarc
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  • "Starbucks is a bank" "McDonalds is a real estate company" Next video: "Burger King is a car company"
  • @eddiestilll
    short answer: customers put lots of $ in their starbucks card before they even make a purchase, which is the "bank" dat starbucks is getting $ from
  • @bayuchemist
    "Starbucks is a bank" "McDonald's is a real estate company" next video: "KFC is in pc master race"
  • @stellarcircle9
    this is seven minutes of a Starbucks history lesson and three minutes of why Starbucks is actually a bank
  • @Nathan-cz8uk
    why is like 7 minutes of this just the history of starbucks