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Amazon offers to be man in the middle for mobile payments

Shoppers can now pay with Amazon whoever they buy with

Tags: mobile payments, amazon

By silicon.com

Published: 7 October 2009 11:41 GMT

Amazon is moving into the world of mobile payments with the launch of a new service that will allow consumers to buy goods, services and mobile apps using the payment information stored on their Amazon accounts.

The retailer has made APIs available for the service, called Amazon Mobile Payments Service, which will allow other merchants and mobile app companies to offer their users the ability to make purchases without the need to set up a separate payment account.

amazon mobile payments service

How the Amazon Mobile Payments Service works
(Screenshot: silicon.com)

For more, see Amazon sets up payments on smartphones on ZDNet UK.

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