I see that Amazon, the Swiss Army knife of American retail, is exploring a checking account product in addition to other financial services. They stand to save a great deal on credit card interchange fees, and Prime customers control nearly half the country’s discretionary income. So it seems like a sound strategy to me.
I hear they are also looking into the health insurance market. It makes me think that long after Obama and Trump become obscure footnotes this era could be remembered as the Age of Bezos.