Amazon raised rates of its payment services on July 1st, meaning higher costs for some ecommerce customers – and if chargebacks weren’t already a pet peeve, now they’ve become quite costly for merchants using Amazon Payments. Amazon is also trying Read more
Amazon is raising certain fees for its Pay with Amazon, Login and Pay with Amazon and Checkout by Amazon (CBA) payment processing solutions that online retailers use on their own websites. The changes fall into three main buckets, and merchants Read more
Amazon has expanded its “Login and Pay with Amazon” service to merchants in Europe, and it has installed pickup lockers at a UK airport for shoppers on the go. On sites that offer Login and Pay with Amazon, shoppers can Read more
Amazon is closing its P2P payment service called Amazon WebPay next month. You can be forgiven if you didn’t remember Amazon had a service that allowed people to send, receive, and request money from other users from the Amazon Payments Read more
Amazon launched a new card reader called Amazon Local Register, similar to Square, PayPal Here, and several other such “point of sale” payment-processing services. But what is sure to grab the attention of retailers is its fees: for the next 16 Read more
Hosting the largest online marketplace and offering tablets and a smartphone on which to shop for digital and physical goods, Amazon now has a digital wallet to organize payment methods, whether you’re shopping online, via mobile, or in-store. Amazon spokesperson Read more
eBay demonstrated yet again it can’t ignore a mobile device simply because it’s from a rival. Amazon’s new smartphone, called the Fire, just became available to consumers, and PayPal is ready with a mobile app. The move follow’s eBay’s launch of its Read more
Amazon Coins is a “virtual currency” for buying eligible apps, games, and digital in-app items on the Amazon Appstore. Previously limited to purchases made on Kindle Fire devices, Amazon Coins are now available on Android-powered mobile devices to customers in Read more
