Is Amazon Planning to Go Head-to-Head With PayPal?

June 18, 2008 at 3:15 pm PT

Amazon.com (AMZN) has been aggressively rolling out a variety of Web-based services, including on-demand computing power and data storage. Could the company’s next move be to go after eBay (EBAY) subsidiary PayPal’s dominant franchise on online payments?

Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Derek Brown asserts in a research note this afternoon that Amazon “may soon launch a PayPal-esque Payments service for use by consumers and merchants across the Web, potentially siphoning growth and/or profit from eBay’s crown jewel.” Brown says that Amazon could launch such a service as soon as late summer or early fall of this year.

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http://allthingsd.com/ Eric Welch

Considering the anti-seller and anti-consumer moves by eBay recently, Amazon’s timing couldn’t be better. But can you imagine eBay allowing Amazon payments for eBay auctions?

Not likely.

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