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Amazon is ready for a fight in what has become a boxing ring filled with mobile point-of-sale providers. But it might have the early advantage against the reigning heavyweight champ thanks to a generous pricing model for first-time users.
Amazon Wednesday released Amazon Local Register, a mobile card reader similar to offerings from Square, PayPal, ROAM and a fistful of others. The online retailer hits the market with an attractive 1.75 percent transaction rate for merchants who sign up for the service by Oct. 31. Merchants receive that rate for every swipe until the end of 2015.
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