[jm20]

Amazon made web-based book selling mainstream. Emphasis on web. Of course it was a tech company.

[xwolfi]

And the web based dvd rental then ? I mean, they were doing exactly the same as Amazon, why distinguish?

[gardenhedge]

Banks have online customer sites. Are they tech companies?

[WastingMyTime89]

If they did it when Amazon started their web store they would be.

How do you think Amazon infra gave birth to AWS? Does that sound to you like something a retail company would do?

[Throw10987]

Banks are tech companies, the business leadership just don't know it.

[gpderetta]

The business leadership of some banks do in fact know it.