The company had said that it would refuse to accept the cards from 19 January, blaming the “high fees Visa charges for processing credit card transactions”. The plan caused confusion and diffiulties for those customers with the cards, who were set to be locked out of purchasing at Amazon.
But it has now said that change will not take place tomorrow, and that Amazon and Visa are working on a “potential solution” to allow people to keep using their credit cards. It announced the postponement in a letter to customers as well as a press statement, and gave no information about what that solution might be.
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