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Google has introduced a new feature for AdWords called "Make a Payment," which allows users to initiate a credit card payment for any amount they want, when it's convenient for them. The feature allows for overpaying to cover future costs as well.

Amazon.com has introduced two new online payment services that other retailers can use on their Web sites.The new payment services, Checkout By Amazon and Amazon Simple Pay offer businesses another payment option besides PayPal and Google Checkout.

Meg has opened up a discussion on the growing trend for bloggers in Australia to receive pitches from companies seeking to form relations with bloggers and use their blogs as a vehicle for product promotion.

JupiterResearch says that younger consumers under the age of 35 are developing different payment habits than adults over 35.

When a family who moved from New Zealand to the UK had a problem getting a payment processed for their SmugMug account, they humorously offered a sheep as payment.

Try to access the website of payment service InterBill and you'll get a white-screen notice that the site is "under construction." We can, for lack other information, assume it has nothing to do with the Federal Trade Commission filing suit over the company's affiliation with a major scam.

Last week, eBay announced that it would not allow the Google Checkout service. It also declared that Nochex, another online payment service, would no longer be accepted.

The Wall Street Journal broke the news on Friday that they had received information from sources "in the know" about Google, Inc.'s plans to create an online payment system -possibly named "Google Wallet"- to rival that of current online payment leader PayPal, a service of online auctioneer giant eBay, Inc.