Amazon started a similar service very recently: http://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2012/10/05/amazon-wades-into-lending-to-drive-market-place-sales/

Amazon started a similar service very recently: http://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2012/10/05/amazon-wades-into-lending-to-drive-market-place-sales/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2012/10/05/ama... Instead of a credit card it's a loan (which makes more sense to me), but basically the same idea.