http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/02/banks-new-competitors-starbucks-google-and-alibaba/
Alibaba, China’s equivalent to Amazon, became a $16 billion lender in less than three years, and China’s largest seller of money market funds in only seven months.
Facebook is reportedly prepping an e-money service, and is close to getting approval in Ireland
http://thenextweb.com/facebook/2014/04/14/facebook-reportedly-prepping-e-money-service-close-getting-approval-ireland/
The report cites sources as saying that Facebook is weeks away from getting regulatory approval in Ireland for a service that lets users store money on Facebook and use it to pay others — what’s known as “e-money”. This means that Facebook will be able to issue units of stored monetary value that represent a claim against the company, and the e-money can be used throughout Europe in a process known as “passporting”.