Jaipur, 29 April 2020: Amazon Pay today launched‘Amazon
Pay Later’, a service that will
extend a virtual line of credit to eligible customers shopping on Amazon.in.
With an easy digital sign-up process, customers will get access to instant credit
thatthey can use to buy any product ranging from daily essentials to
electronics and clothing. Customers can also use this credit to complete their bill
payments on Amazon.in. Amazon Pay Later service offers the option to repay in
the subsequent month at no additional fees, or in easy EMIs up to 12 months at
nominal interest rates.
This
initiative by Amazon Pay is aimed at helping customers extend their budgets for
purchases like home appliances, electronic gadgets, everyday essentials, groceries,
and even pay their monthly bills be it electricity, mobile recharges, DTH etc.
As a pilot, this unique service was available to a few customers and Amazon Pay
has now extended this service to tens of thousands of eligible customers.
Amazon Pay has partnered with Capital Float to design and enable ‘Amazon Pay
Later’ service for its eligible customers, and Capital Float has brought in
Karur Vysya Bank (KVB) as a co-lending partner to scale up the service.
‘Amazon Pay Later’offers a seamless
payment experience with in-built security features and gives customers and
option to setup auto-repayment to settle monthly bill or EMIs through the bank
of their choice. Customers also have an option to repay all outstanding amount
in one go at no additional fees. Based on usage and repayment behavior
customers will also be able to enhance their credit limit further.
“We
are always looking for ways to improve our customers’ payments experience on
Amazon.in and make purchases more affordable. Amazon Pay Later is a unique
service that will help customers expand their access to credit and experience
most convenient option of making payments. In current times Amazon Pay later
empowers our customers to better manage their monthly spends” Said Mahendra Nerurkar, CEO Amazon Pay India