Amazon Pulls Beta of its Wallet App Amid Mediocre Reviews

Amazon.com's bid to be a key player in the world of mobile payments looks like it's taken a step back today. Amazon Wallet, an Android app developed by the company to store loyalty and gift cards, has been pulled from the Google Play store and Amazon's own app store, where links to each are now dead. "We've learned a great deal from the Amazon Wallet beta program and will look for ways to apply these lessons in the future as we continue to innovate on behalf of our customers," Tom Cook, an Amazon spokesperson said in an email to TechCrunch.