The Amazon Model: Can New-Age Technology and Local Touch Co-Exist in Lending?

With Amazon's recent acquisition of Whole Foods, it begs the question.... can online marketplaces and local touch co-exist?

from Forbes Real Time http://www.forbes.com/sites/brockblake/2017/07/21/the-amazon-model-can-new-age-technology-and-local-touch-co-exist-in-lending/
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