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.ย  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 moneyโ€ฆ 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 โ€˜discriminationโ€™ concerns PUBLISHED 4 HOURS AGOย ย UPDATED 39 MIN AGO Eugene Kim@EUGENEKIM222 KEY POINTS Amazonโ€™s Steve Kessel, who runs physical stores, said last month that the company plans to add โ€œadditional payment mechanismsโ€ to its Go stores. A spokespersonโ€ฆ 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 โ€”ย 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. Amazonโ€™s website credits Rekognition for helping the Washington County Sheriff Office in Oregon speed up howโ€ฆ Read More »