Amazon to introduce 0.5% surcharge for Visa credit card transactions in Singapore from Sept 15

The Straits Times2021-08-10

SINGAPORE - E-commerce giant Amazon has announced that it will impose a 0.5 per cent surcharge on Visa credit card transactions on its Singapore website, Amazon.sg, from Sept 15. An Amazon spokesman ...

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Cjwee
2021-08-10
Cjwee
Why visa only and not others (eg mastercard)
lemms
2021-08-10
lemms
Wow... Visa is going to be affected by this for sure.
- SquareGuy:
  sold !
- H0KIT:
  noticed this too late. lol
- Rubenjorge:
  Didn't see such news.
- SPGan:
  😲
7138fc2
2021-08-10
7138fc2
will visa share price drop with this message
TeslaLegend
2021-08-10
TeslaLegend
Does it apply to Amazon.sg only? Or will it affect Amazon.com as well?
- MarcuzK:
  sg only, for now.
- Stella0:
  hi
BBBBBBBBBB
2021-08-10
BBBBBBBBBB
No way
- Bluem:
  like this
BBBBBBBBBB
2021-08-10
BBBBBBBBBB
Ok

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