Hey Amazon, your credit card chaos is starting to make me nervous

Hey Amazon, your credit card chaos is starting to make me nervous

As an Amazon Prime customer, I have been using their own credit card for a number of years and I am very satisfied. Unfortunately, their future has been uncertain since autumn last year and the online retailer is silent. As a customer, you get nervous at times. What's next? Let's talk about it in the latest issue of the weekend column.

We also reported on this in October 2021. The LBB (Landesbank Berlin) would like to say goodbye to the business with the plastic money and throws the previous partners out, meaning the ADAC and last but not least Amazon. To explain: The Visa cards are marketed as ADAC or Amazon products, but the entire process is handled by LBB.

Amazon: Credit card with an uncertain future

The contracts between the brands in question and LBB will end at the end of 2022, but what comes after that? Amazon hasn't found an answer to this yet. As one of a million customers of the Amazon credit card, you don't find this uncertainty funny at all and sit on red hot coals.

Officially, my card runs until 2023, but the question arises as to whether I will still be able to get new plastic money at all. And if so, by whom? Probably not from LBB anymore, that much is for sure. In the worst case, Amazon has to discontinue the product completely and I have to look elsewhere. Incidentally, it has not been possible to apply for the card since November 2021 , although the advertising pages on Amazon are still active (see Amazon). However, a succinct note prevents the initiation of business: "The application is currently not available." This is all the world's largest online shop has to say about it.

You can, however, submit an application to Amazon for an alternative Visa card. The Barclays card has been on offer since the end of last year – 50 euros starting fee included. But that's also available directly from the bank (see Barclays) and unfortunately there are no other services like the original Amazon card. This eliminates credits of 3 percent for Amazon sales and 0.5 percent elsewhere, which can later be used exclusively for Amazon purchases. In short: the card would not be a replacement or an alternative for me.

My thoughts for the weekend: The column aims to provide food for thought and reflect on the week's "news flood" towards the end. A small selection of previous articles in the column:

Germany without Facebook and WhatsApp: Every bet, you don't dare Smartphones 2022: The camera hump must finally die iPhone 14: Three mistakes that Apple must avoid at all costs

Who could step in for LBB at Amazon?

Speaking of Barclays, they probably belong to the illustrious circle of possible replacement partners for Amazon . Allegedly, the secret negotiations have been going on since last year (source: finanz-szene.de). In addition to Barclays, DKB, Solarisbank and Hanseatic Bank could also be on the short list. But I would be rather skeptical about the latter provider, since it is not only the French Société Générale that is behind it, but also Otto, Amazon's strongest competitor in this country.

At least ... the Barclays card works with Apple Pay, unfortunately the Amazon card still doesn't:

Bottom line: There's legitimate hope for the Amazon credit card. However, will all previous conditions be retained? After all, they make the difference. If Amazon wants to keep the customers, you have to dig into your pockets. The banking partners certainly don't just pay this kind of extra sausage, which I and the rest of the existing customers would like to continue to have.

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