Besides e-commerce and tech, Amazon also has its fingers in the brick-and-mortar retail, grocery, and shipping businesses, to name just a few. Its next target? Banking.
The plan: The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the tech giant is building a product similar to a checking account, meant to attract people who don’t currently have bank accounts.
The partners: JPMorgan Chase was the primary partner named by the report, but talks are still in the early stages, and other deals may yet be struck.
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