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There's some poetry in older banks claiming they're pivoting to being tech companies (i.e. Capital One) while some tech companies are heading straight towards b
by mwt 5y ago
There's some poetry in older banks claiming they're pivoting to being tech companies (i.e. Capital One) while some tech companies are heading straight towards being banks.
- HWR_14 5y agoThere was the line about Netflix seeing the writing in the wall about needing to produce their own content because everyone was going to make their own steaming service. "We need to become HBO before HBO becomes us." If the right answer is a blend of two business models, then both companies becoming more like the other make sense.
- sjroot 5y agoFormer C1 employee here with a personal opinion. C1 is walking the walk; everyone up to the CEO is very tech-forward (which quite surprised me initially)
- ccvannorman 5y agoIt was surprising to me to learn that airlines are basically banks https://www.reddit.com/r/urbanplanning/comments/rgkne9/how_airlines_quietly_became_banks/ https://www.reddit.com/r/urbanplanning/comments/rgkne9/how_a...
- mdaniel 5y agoIf one enjoys Wendover videos, there was a recent one about that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggUduBmvQ_4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggUduBmvQ_4