Banking: Prime members receive discounts if they use Amazon Prime branded debit and credit cards. Cloud computing: While continuing to grow its other businesses, what seems to be contributing the most to its profits is Amazon Web Services, or AWS. In addition to delivering goods ordered from Amazon, Prime Air will deliver people and goods to and from Airborne Fulfillment Centers (AFCs), which are flying warehouses for which Amazon has filed a patent. With physical stores, Amazon has widened out its distribution channels, and will give online rivals, such as Alibaba, a run for their money. This should provide a disincentive for people to leave an Amazon store to buy products at lower prices elsewhere.

Source: Huffington Post June 19, 2017 00:22 UTC