{"id":476861,"date":"2025-11-12T10:01:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T10:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2184865"},"modified":"2025-11-12T10:01:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T10:01:44","slug":"amazon-u-turns-on-decision-to-stop-accepting-visa-credit-cards-in-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/amazon-u-turns-on-decision-to-stop-accepting-visa-credit-cards-in-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon U-turns on decision to stop accepting Visa credit cards in UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/amazon-u-turns-on-decision-to-stop-accepting-visa-credit-cards-in-uk.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Amazon UK will now continue to accept Visa credit cards, the retailer has told customers today.<\/p>\n<p>Back in November, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-11-17-amazon-uk-stops-accepting-visa-credit-cards-in-january\">Amazon UK emailed customers who used Visa credit cards to warn that they would have to use an alternate payment method<\/a> for purchases, subscriptions and Amazon Prime from 19th January.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2022-01-17-amazon-u-turns-on-decision-to-stop-accepting-visa-credit-cards-in-uk\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2022-01-17-amazon-u-turns-on-decision-to-stop-accepting-visa-credit-cards-in-uk\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon UK will now continue to accept Visa credit cards, the retailer has told customers today. Back in November, Amazon UK emailed customers who used Visa credit cards to warn that they would have to use an alternate payment method for purchases, subscriptions and Amazon Prime from 19th January. 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