Amazon to stop accepting UK Visa credit cards from January

Amazon said it has made the decision due to “the high fees Visa charges for processing credit card transactions”

Amazon has said it will stop accepting Visa credit cards in the UK from January next year (Nick Ansell/PA)

Amazon has told customers it will stop accepting payments made using UK Visa credit cards next year.

The online retailer said in an email to customers that Visa credit cards issued in the UK will be halted from use on its site from January 19.