Some Amazon customers who are eligible to receive a portion of the company's $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission have begun receiving payments.
In the first of two waves of payouts, Amazon began issuing automatic payments to some customers starting Nov. 12, according to the FTC.
It comes after Amazon in September agreed to settle with the FTC in an antitrust lawsuit filed in 2023. The suit alleged Amazon coerced millions of consumers into enrolling in Prime subscriptions, then made those agreements extremely difficult to cancel.
Amazon denied wrongdoing and said it has "always followed the law."
"We work incredibly hard to make it clear and simple for customers to both sign up or cancel their Prime membership, and to offer substantial value for our many millions of loyal Prime members around the world," the statement added. "We will continue to do so, and look forward to what we’ll deliver for Prime members in the coming years."
