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Bristol Post
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Beth Cruse

Amazon halts plan to block UK Visa credit cards at the last minute

Amazon has halted a plan to stop customers using UK Visa credit cards on their website, two days before it was meant to come into force.

The online retail giant announced the proposed ban in November, citing the "high fees Visa charges for processing credit card transactions".

But in an email sent to customers today (Monday, January 17) Amazon said the change will "no longer take place" on January 19, and that it is working with Visa on a "potential solution."

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