News Topic: Amazon

Some banks are looking at how to translate the complicated and document-heavy mortgage lending process into the digital world of voice interactive personal assistants. ... Read full article

Industry observers are skeptical of acting Comptroller Keith Noreika's claims that his agency could grant a fintech charter to a commercial firm like Amazon or Google, arguing that such a move could become "Walmart 2.0." ... Read full article

Meetings between bank regulators and technology giants like Amazon and PayPal underscore Silicon Valley's growing involvement in the financial services arena, and may presage pursuit of a bank charter. ... Read full article

Readers chime in on debates about ILCs, the CFPB’s arbitration rule, the financial services ambitions of tech firms and more. ... Read full article

Marbue Brown will oversee customer experience in Chase’s branch network, call centers and digital and mobile platforms. ... Read full article

Can the internet giants peek at bank data, or eavesdrop on conversations with customers, sent over their gadgets? Here are the facts and the fuzzy areas. ... Read full article

Critics of the industrial bank charter, as well as those who support more mixing of banking and commerce, describe the intent of industrial banks inaccurately. ... Read full article

Push Payments' Travis Dulaney discusses the Fed task force report; Brian Roemmele talks voice pay. ... Read full article

Customers can ask Amazon’s virtual assistant about account balances, spending habits and financial questions that they may be too embarrassed to ask a human. ... Read full article

A handful of underfinanced startups aren’t enough to sink the industry. Community banks will survive digital disruption so long as they concentrate on what their customers want and need. ... Read full article

Synchrony Financial and Alliance Data Systems are particularly vulnerable to recent shifts in Americans’ shopping habits, according to new research from Moody’s Investors Service. ... Read full article

The $13.7 billion acquisition could have significant implications for swipe-fee revenue and other grocers' in-store branches. It also raises the question of whether the Seattle e-commerce Goliath will soon set its sights on the financial services ... Read full article

The agency recently sent a letter to nine banks urging them to stop offering deferred interest cards, arguing that consumers are often unaware of the risks involved. ... Read full article

Bill would replace much of Dodd-Frank but is unlikely to become law; online retailer is expected to expand Amazon Lending program to small businesses in the U.S., U.K. and Japan. ... Read full article

Amazon's lending its considerable brand and heft to a cash payment model that borrows a vital piece of real estate from Apple Pay. ... Read full article

Problems with Amazon's cloud computing services caused major disruption across the Web on Tuesday, but Capital One says it cloud strategy kept things smooth there. ... Read full article

Amazon.com's cloud-computing service was beset by "high error rates" on parts of its S3 data-storage system, disrupting many internet sites and mobile applications that rely on the company for their online presences. ... Read full article

Add package pickup to the growing list of things banks are doing with branches as foot traffic declines. ... Read full article