Category Archives: Amazon Kiosks

Payment Kiosk – Amazon Western Union

Reference article off Marketwatch https://www.marketwatch.com/story/amazon-launches-pay-with-cash-service-in-us-at-western-union-locations-western-unions-stock-surges-2019-09-18 Amazon Cash and Western Union Team Up Now Amazon allows customers to pay for online purchases at Western Union. This is part of Amazon Paycode.  This should be a great convenience for the underbanked and nonbanked populace that struggles with the usual credit cards. Plus many of them use WU for wiring money… Read More »

Amazon Kiosks – Go stores accepting cash

Full article Wednesday April 10 from CNBC Amazon exec tells employees that Go stores will start accepting cash to address ‘discrimination’ concerns PUBLISHED 4 HOURS AGO  UPDATED 39 MIN AGO Eugene Kim@EUGENEKIM222 KEY POINTS Amazon’s Steve Kessel, who runs physical stores, said last month that the company plans to add “additional payment mechanisms” to its Go stores. A spokesperson… Read More »

Amazon Facial Recognition Comes Under Fire

Full article as published by Denver Post 2/3/2019 Amazon Face-Detection Software Has Bias NEW YORK — Facial-detection technology that Amazon is marketing to law enforcement often misidentifies women, particularly those with darker skin, according to researchers from MIT and the University of Toronto. Amazon’s website credits Rekognition for helping the Washington County Sheriff Office in Oregon speed up how… Read More »