Remove Caps Remove Micro-Entry Remove Small Business
article thumbnail

Sleepless In 2017: The Eight Big Shifts That Should Keep FIs, Retailers and Payments Execs Up At Night

PYMNTS

Now, retail — like banking — is being challenged by a new competitor: that small mom-and-pop online bookseller that, 20 years later, has become the world’s most valuable retailer (as measured by market cap). Amazon didn’t just ride the online wave; it created it and inspired a whole generation of online sellers to do the same.

article thumbnail

Sleepless In 2017: The Eight Big Shifts That Should Keep FIs, Retailers and Payments Execs Up At Night

PYMNTS

Now, retail — like banking — is being challenged by a new competitor: that small mom-and-pop online bookseller that, 20 years later, has become the world’s most valuable retailer (as measured by market cap). Amazon didn’t just ride the online wave; it created it and inspired a whole generation of online sellers to do the same.

article thumbnail

Everything You Need To Know About What Amazon Is Doing In Financial Services

CB Insights

Today, Amazon has expanded its business lending to the US and UK. Amazon Lending initially launched in 2011 to help small businesses finance and sell more goods on Amazon. In 2018, the Financial Times reported that Amazon’s lending business growth may be slowing as it grew only 4.7% Amazon SMB Lending.