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Amazon Accepts Visa Credit Cards in Global Truce over Fees

Amazon.com Inc has reached agreement with Visa Inc to accept its credit cards across its network, ending a standoff between the two that threatened to disrupt e-commerce payments and deal a blow to the U.S.-based payments processor. Details of the deal were not disclosed but Visa and other payments cards have faced increased pressure about […]

Amazon Resumes Hiring Spree in South Africa

E-commerce giant, Amazon, is centering its interest towards South Africa with new job listings in the country in various fields, including customer support, senior management, and more. Since 2004, the Big Tech giant has marked its robust presence in the oldest and second-largest city in South Africa, Cape Town. Then, in late 2018, it changed […]

Telenor Partners with Amazon to Modernize Systems, Offer Services

Norway’s Telenor said on Thursday it had partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to speed up the modernization of its telecoms systems, boosting the use of cloud technology to offer 5G and low-latency data services to professional customers. In collaboration with the U.S. tech giant, Telenor will develop product offerings for selected industries, including manufacturing, […]

Consumer watchdog to probe Big Tech payment systems

In its first significant action under a new director, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is ordering Apple, Amazon, PayPal and other tech giants to reveal how their proprietary payment networks function. Apple Pay, Google Pay and other payment systems created by big tech companies now dominate large portions of e-commerce and person-to-person payments. CFPB Director […]

Amazon to deliver third-party sellers with users’ data

Amazon announced on Wednesday news of a new tool that could help third-party sellers retrieve data, to better predict shoppers’ demands to create products that accommodate the market’s needs.  Amazon Product Opportunity Explorer will provide retailers with the opportunity to gain access to data and the latest trends to assist in identifying opportunities to market […]

U.S. Congress examines Amazon testimony, Senate introduces bill

Members of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee confronted Sunday Amazon’s lead executives in a letter accusing them of misleading the Congress and potentially lying about the e-commerce giant’s business habits. The letter, signed by five Committee members, is taking into consideration “whether a referral of this matter to the Department of Justice for criminal investigation […]

U.S. Senate anti-discrimination bill weighs on Big Tech firms

On Thursday, a bipartisan entity of senators revealed plans to welcome a nondiscrimination bill as pressure rises on the U.S. Senate to legislate a new set of laws prohibiting tech platforms from preferencing the company’s commodities and services over their rivals. After months of negotiations and hearings, the Senate has finally spoken, and its latest […]

Amazon to allow employees to work remotely indefinitely

Amazon said Monday it will allow many tech and corporate workers to continue working remotely indefinitely, as long as they can commute to the office when necessary. The new policy was announced in a blog post and is a change from Amazon’s previous expectation that most employees would need to be in the office at […]

ByteDance leverages TikTok to take down Amazon

ByteDance plans to globally emerge into the e-commerce industry by leveraging TikTok, to launch an international shopping platform, attracting merchants and consumers taking on Amazon. The Beijing-based company proved itself as a force to be reckoned with as it expands its influence over a diversified multitude of platforms, and its latest tactic to overtake Amazon’s […]