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(Seattle, WA) Amazon is moving in on PayPal.

The online retailer launched a new service to become a middleman between customers and companies.

The new Amazon payment button can be used to automatically pay for recurring charges like phone bills or digital music subscriptions.

Amazon collects a fee for each transaction.

More than 240,000,000 Americans already have their credit card information stored with Amazon.