Amazon UK no longer accepting Visa credit cards

Credit Cards & Lending
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Thanks…. But at least you know they’re that :pensive:

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No surprise really, they are no longer banning Visa credit cards:

The expected change regarding the use of Visa credit cards on Amazon.co.uk will no longer take place on January 19. We are working closely with Visa on a potential solution that will enable customers to continue using their Visa credit cards on Amazon.co.uk. Should we make any changes related to Visa credit cards, we will give you advance notice. Until then, you can continue to use Visa credit cards, debit cards, Mastercard, American Express, and Eurocard as you do today. Thank you for being an Amazon customer.
The expected change regarding the use of Visa credit cards on Amazon.co.uk will no longer take place on January 19. We are working closely with Visa on a potential solution that will enable customers to continue using their Visa credit cards on Amazon.co.uk. Should we make any changes related to Visa credit cards, we will give you advance notice. Until then, you can continue to use Visa credit cards, debit cards, Mastercard, American Express, and Eurocard as you do today. Thank you for being an Amazon customer.1300×548 85.5 KB

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It’s so strange they always refer to Eurocard even now - hasn’t it been defunct for 20 years!

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@Seb Maybe it’s because of this?:

the use of Eurocard as a brand for MasterCard credit cards is limited to Scandinavian countries and the Baltic countries

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Hmm, interesting.

I haven’t heard of it for a while, but I was previously under the impression that anywhere not using Debit Mastercard or Visa Debit used either V-Pay/Visa Electron or Maestro, these days?

It also seems pretty irrelevant to mention on the U.K. website, anyway!

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It seems the Amazon card is reaching end of life.

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I have one of these and the card replacing it will give 0.25% cashback so I suppose I’d be better with AMEX :person_shrugging:

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Aww no way, I literally only just started using mine 2 weeks ago. (My plan was just to use it for Amazon purchases for the points, as it doesn’t support Apple Pay). Back to Amex then I suppose.

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Am surprised it doesn’t support Apple Pay as New Day support it on their other brands.

I would, however, like to thank Amazon/New Day for the free Amazon vouchers I got when I applied for my (unused) Amazon MasterCard when they threatened to dump Visa Cards.

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Presumably a contractual thing, as Amazon themselves do not support Apple or Google Pay at all for payment.