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Amazon suspends ban on Visa payments

Amazon has deferred its plan to stop customers using Visa credit cards at the last minute, says the Independent.

17 January 2022

Curve promises Amazon Visa ban hack

As Amazon UK stops accepting Visa credit cards from later this week, fintech Curve says it has a "hack" that will enable shoppers to still make payments with the banned cards.

17 January 2022

News/payments

Barclays to offer instalment payment plans with Amazon

UK consumers can now apply for a reusable credit account from Barclays, which lets them spread the cost of purchases over £100 on amazon.co.uk in equal monthly instalments

17 December 2021

News/payments

Amazon to ban Visa credit cards in the UK

Amazon UK is to stop accepting credit cards from Visa, blaming the ban on the 'high cost of payments'.

17 November 2021

News/payments

Amazon adds Venmo as payment option

PayPal has struck a deal with Amazon to enable US shoppers to pay for purchases using their Venmo accounts.

09 November 2021

News/regulation

US consumer watchdog probes Big Tech's use of payment data

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has ordered Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google to hand over information on their payment system plans so that it can see how they gather and use customer data.

21 October 2021

News/payments

Amazon developing POS to compete with PayPal, Shopify

Insider reports that Amazon’s Project Santos is working on the point-of-sale (POS) solution to compete with the likes of industry giants.

10 September 2021

News/payments

Amazon partners Affirm to offer customers BNPL option

Amazon has teamed up with Affirm to offer its US customers a buy now, pay later option at the checkout.

30 August 2021

News/cloud

Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds and others hit by major DNS outage

Late Thursday afternoon Akamai reported a problem with its Edge DNS service, resulting in outages at thousands of websites.

22 July 2021

News/payments

AmEx brings digital receipts to Amazon purchases

American Express has expanded its digital receipts feature to give US card members who shop on Amazon extra purchase information about orders with the e-commerce giant.

08 July 2021

News/payments

EBAday 2021: Payments transformation and the road to success

Finextra Research and the Euro Banking Association today welcomed the global banking community to EBAday 2021. Running from 28-30 June, the virtual conference is being led by some of the most influential leaders and practitioners in the financial services sector, and dives into the current and future trends of the European and international payments landscape – as well as the latest developments across digital banking, liquidity management, open banking, real-time payments, and more.

28 June 2021

News/payments

Amazon opens Fintech Lab in Dubai

Amazon is opening a Fintech Lab at Dubai's DIFC Innovation Hub, working with startups and partners to provide a forum for new directions in digital payments.

21 June 2021