Amazon Announces Online Payment Option

Online retail giant Amazon announced on Tuesday that it plans to offer a new online payment option called “Login and Pay with Amazon,” that will allow users to more easily make purchases on the web, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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    With the new feature, users can click on the button to pay with credit cards stored in their Amazon account. Amazon will charge a 2.9 percent fee, plus 30 cents to merchants for each transaction.

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