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Walmart — Your Friendly Banker?

Big Red Car — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 23:39:03 +0000

Comes now the news that Walmart is going into the banking business in partnership with a FinTech VC firm, Ribbit Capital.Actually, they are developing a new co-owned startup. Remember that detail — a “startup.” This is so hot they haven’t even announced a name or a launch date, but for some reason they wanted you […]

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Walmart v Amazon Subscriptions

Big Red Car — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 16:57:22 +0000

Let me start with the bottom line, Walmart is launching its “Walmart +” subscription service for $98/year that will deliver the following benefits: 1. Unlimited free “same day” grocery and merchandise delivery 2. Limited free Express 2-hour delivery 3. Discounts on gas at its Walmart gas stations (usually already the cheapest gas in town, always […]

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Walmart Cryptocurrency, The Walmart Coin

Big Red Car — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 14:36:03 +0000

A couple of weeks ago, Walmart announced that it had applied for a cryptocurrency patent thereby spawning speculation that Walmart Coin was being plotted. It wasn’t Facebook with a crowd of the crypto Illuminati floating the idea of its Libra coin to be overseen by gnomes in Geneva. It didn’t attract a lot of fanfare, […]

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Austin + Walmart = Magic

Big Red Car — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 13:49:47 +0000

Walmart opens an engineering subsite in Austin? Walmart? Huh? Big Red Car here on a nippy 33F morning headed to 55F, but 75F on Thursday say the weather fairies. So, Austin continues to prosper as a home of high tech, in general, and software development, in particular. A recent addition to the tech scene is […]

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Amazon – Whole Foods v Walmart Hysteria

Big Red Car — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 12:39:48 +0000

Amazon is buying Whole Foods? When the Hell did that happen? Big Red Car — going to be a great day in the ATX. OK, so unless you were out of the country, you know that Amazon has put its loop around Whole Foods and is trying to buy them. Deal seems to be all […]

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