Amazon’s Ambition in Physical Retail May Go Way Beyond Payments | Re/code

Probably a cause for concern at Intuit and other SMB software/service specialists

"The payments system, which may incorporate the use of a Kindle as a point-of-sale device as well as a credit-card-reading dongle a la Square’s, is expected to be “the core” of the system, one of these people said. But Amazon is seriously considering offering a more comprehensive software suite targeted to small and midsize brick-and-mortar businesses that may include products such as accounting software, website creation tools and inventory management systems, though the list of tools appears to still be in flux. The platform is also expected to contain current Amazon offerings such as Amazon Local daily deals, whose group has been hiring aggressively in recent months, these people said."

Amazon’s Ambition in Physical Retail May Go Way Beyond Payments | Re/code