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

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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
Why visa only and not others (eg mastercard)
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lemms
·2021-08-10
Wow... Visa is going to be affected by this for sure.
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- SPGan:
  ?
  2021-08-12
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- Rubenjorge:
  Didn't see such news.
  2021-08-11
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- H0KIT:
  noticed this too late. lol
  2021-08-10
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Suman18
·2021-08-10
will visa share price drop with this message
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TeslaLegend
·2021-08-10
Does it apply to Amazon.sg only? Or will it affect Amazon.com as well?
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- Stella0:
  hi
  2021-08-11
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- MKTrader:
  sg only, for now.
  2021-08-10
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BBBBBBBBBB
·2021-08-10
No way
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- Bluem:
  like this
  2021-08-10
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BBBBBBBBBB
·2021-08-10
Ok
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Totoroido
·2021-08-10
Sad
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