Reference article off Marketwatch 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 currently. … Read More »
Coinstar Amazon Provide Cash Reload Sites Coinstar Amazon Partner in cash reload sites 2018. BELLEVUE, Wash., May 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Coinstar announced today that customers can now add cash to their Amazon Balance by using Amazon Cash at select Coinstar® kiosks across the country. “We’re excited to team up with Amazon and give shoppers an easy and convenient way to add cash… Read More »
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 »
Editors Note: Originally published on Gizmodo 2/26/2019. This is an excerpt. Here’s an Alexa Idea I Actually Like Cedars-Sinai patient. You can see the Amazon Echo mounted on the wall behind him. Photo: Cedars-Sinai While it’s hard not to roll your eyes at voice assistants getting added to every single thing in the smart home, a Los Angeles hospital is… Read More »
Feb 2020 – Very complete article by CNBC including videos of new cashierless store Amazon has just opened. Amazon has been working on this since 2015. Includes produce section. You can get yourself a cup of coffee (and get charged for it). Key Points Five years in the making, the first Amazon Go Grocery store is opening Tuesday… Read More »
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 [email protected] 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 »