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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

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In the same way that Square built a payment-centric ecosystem for brick-and-mortar SMBs and micro-merchants, Stripe has reinvented online payment acceptance. Additionally, as Stripe moves into new product verticals like lending and corporate cards, it exposes itself to credit risk and an uncertain interest rate environment.

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

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In his 2016 annual letter to shareholders , Bezos outlined Amazon’s goal of expanding Amazon Lending: by continuing to work with partner banks to manage the bulk of the credit, the retailer can mitigate credit risk and calm investor nerves. Its first entry point in the market was in payments in October 2014.