Last-minute deal needed to keep UK-issued Visa credit cards working on Amazon

There is speculation that an agreement could avert ‘game of corporate chicken’

Millions of people’s credit cards will stop working on Amazon’s UK website from this week – unless there is an 11th-hour resolution to a bitter dispute between the retailer and payments giant Visa.

In November, Amazon told customers that from 19 January it would stop accepting payments made with UK-issued Visa credit cards, in what has been described as a “game of corporate chicken”.

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There is speculation that an agreement could avert ‘game of corporate chicken’
What will happen if Amazon stops accepting UK-issued Visa credit cards?
Millions of people’s credit cards will stop working on Amazon’s UK website from this week – unless there is an 11th-hour resolution to a bitter dispute between the retailer and payments giant Visa.
In November, Amazon told customers that from 19 January it would stop accepting payments made with UK-issued Visa credit cards, in what has been described as a “game of corporate chicken”. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian

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