Federal banking regulators issued a cloud security reminder as most banks have shifted their employees to work from home mode;...
Maria Renz spent more than 20 years at Amazon and is now joining SoFi; Renz was most recently vice president...
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Amazon has been in the lending business since 2011; after growing quite significantly from 2015 to 2016 they have more...
This week, we look at Betterment launching a bank account and payments feature. They are not the first, but they could be the best! Still, it feels like the world has moved on. Barriers to entry around digital finance have collapsed, and shifted industry goal posts. Hundreds of companies are integrating API-based solutions that connect to banking and investment entities. Amazon, Google, and Apple are there already. And let's not forget the incredible pressure from the COVID recession: 20MM+ unemployed, $100 billion decrease in global remittances, 1 in 8 banks being unprofitable. Is it time for incremental improvement, or a sea change?
It is not uncommon for Amazon to launch new products that subsequently become widely successful; one area where Amazon pulled...
Over the years Amazon has received lots of scrutiny from the public; however one area that is often overlooked is...
In his weekly Forbes column Ron Shevlin of Cornerstone Advisors wonders if Intuit is the best fit to buy Credit...
Lending is not a new business for Amazon, but it is not a burgeoning business…yet. Last year the Financial Times...