> Then again it was Amazon threatening, so the only way for the world to know if Visa held on, is for Visa to hold on till Jan 19. At the moment we can assume b

> Then again it was Amazon threatening, so the only way for the world to know if Visa held on, is for Visa to hold on till Jan 19. At the moment we can assume both pulled back, or Amazon "won" I don't see how that follows. Amazon has an interest in not irritating its customers and losing sales (just because most people own other cards doesn't mean everyone will update, especially not for recurring billing like Prime subs), and just as much interest in resolving that before Jan 19 if Visa wouldn't cave as Visa if Amazon wouldn't. Just because they threatened doesn't mean they couldn't have internal forecasts suggesting that following through on the threat would be worse for business than accepting what was already on the table.