Amazon is set to stop taking payments via PayPal-owned Venmo in the coming weeks. “Due to recent changes, Venmo can no longer be added as a payment method,” Venmo said on its website Thursday (Dec. 7). “Venmo will remain available to users who currently have it enabled in their Amazon...
For Amazon, in its ever-continuing bid to draw merchant loyalty and widen the use of Amazon Pay, installment payments are now the latest arrow in the quiver. And by making installments usable anywhere that Amazon Pay is accepted, the broadening of the ecosystem is a...
Amazon is experimenting with dine-in payments in India via Amazon Pay. TechCrunch reported on the change Monday (May 30), noting that users dining at some restaurants in select areas of Bengaluru can make payments under the “dining” section of Amazon Pay on the Amazon app. The report...
Brazilian financial and eCommerce platform Inter&Co has joined the Amazon Payment Service Provider (PSP) Program. Inter&Co offers Brazilian users access to a wide range of services on its platform, including banking, investments, credit, insurance, shopping and remittance-related services. In a press release on Tuesday (Nov. 29),...
Spending a few dollars in the Jeff Bezos empire just got a little easier for some shoppers in Texas. Amazon and its brick-and-mortar grocery store unit Whole Foods just converted one of the first stores outside Seattle to the Amazon One palm-scan checkout platform that...
Amazon is considering dropping Visa as a partner for its Amazon Prime Rewards credit card, just two days after announcing it would stop accepting Visa credit cards issued in the U.K., Reuters reported Wednesday (Nov. 17). While no plans are finalized, Amazon is considering operating...
Amazon is refuting claims made by a London newspaper that said the eCommerce behemoth would start accepting payments in bitcoin before the year is out, Reuters reported on Tuesday (July 27). London’s City A.M. newspaper reported on Monday (July 26) that not only were Amazon’s...
Barclaycard Germany is teaming up with Amazon to offer a new installment financing plan to customers of the online retail giant. The German credit card operator, a branch of Barclays Bank Ireland PL, said Wednesday a new partnership with Amazon.de to provide financing for purchases...
“Talk to the hand” will take on new meaning starting Tuesday (Sept. 29). CNN reports Amazon has introduced the latest touchless way to pay at checkout. Dubbed Amazon One, the method allows users to pay with the palm of their hand at some of its...
