This from Chris on Finextra, notes the growing competition in online payments. We have become accustomed to seeing Paypal at online checkouts. But competition is here not just from Google, but Amazon, Banking consortia, and others.
Chris notes this announcement from Amazon.
First PayPal, then Google, now Amazon and the Banks
“You can use the extensive feature set of Amazon FPS to conduct a wide variety of transactions under virtually any set of constraints. Key features include:
- Send and receive money using credit card, bank account or Amazon Payments balance transfer as payment methods
- ….
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Bankwatch 
Amazon FPS is going to be very welcome with Amazon users, especially that ‘micro’ service option. Very nice. Don’t forget about European companies coming to America such as ClickandBuy or Webmoney. The competition for those online dollars is heating up.
Mark
DigitalMoneyWorld
Amazon FPS is going to be very welcome with Amazon users, especially that ‘micro’ service option. Very nice. Don’t forget about European companies coming to America such as ClickandBuy or Webmoney. The competition for those online dollars is heating up.
Mark Herpel