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Amazon’s investment into the Indian market continued last night with the e-tailer announcing it had agreed a deal to acquire local online payments firm, Emvantage. Emvantage’s portfolio includes a range of solutions including a payment gateway, mobile payment tools and pre-paid card platforms, and Amazon is hoping the deal will help “accelerate the development of convenient [...]

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Amazon has selected Payoneer to expand cross-border payment options to sellers from 24 countries who sell on marketplaces in the US, Spain, France, Italy, Germany and the UK. As a featured payment solution for select countries within Amazon Seller Central, Payoneer provides a way for sellers from top markets including China, Japan and South Korea to receive [...]

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Amazon is to close its mPOS business, Local Register, which failed to catch on among the small businesses who were its supposed customers. Amazon Local Register did not gain much traction against more successful rivals, such as Square’s Register and PayPal’s Here services. The service enabled retailers to accept credit or debit card payments on smartphones and [...]

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