Category Archives: Amazon Kiosks

Payment Kiosks – Amazon Cash & Western Union

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 at Kiosks

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 »

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 »