This week on the platforms
Marketplace recap
Amazon
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Amazon.de confirmed FBM sellers must hit ≥90% On-Time Delivery Rate from 15 July 2026, with listing deactivations possible from 1 September if the threshold is missed.
Source: Wortfilter · 1 July 2026 -
CJEU Advocate General Campos Sánchez-Bordona said on 9 July that Amazon's Italian logistics arms qualify as postal operators and must comply with national postal authorisation rules.
Source: Court of Justice of the EU (press release) · 9 July 2026
bol.com
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News broke in the week of 7 July that bol obtained a payment institution licence from Dutch central bank DNB (registered 6 May), letting the platform process transactions in-house rather than via third parties.
Source: DutchNews.nl · 9 July 2026 -
Bol also secured an AFM consumer credit licence, primarily to power its own buy-now-pay-later product for shoppers.
Source: DutchNews.nl · 9 July 2026
Wider events that matter
The bigger picture
CJEU Advocate General: Amazon's Italian delivery activities qualify as postal services and need a licence
Source: Court of Justice of the EU (press release) · 9 July 2026What happened
On 9 July 2026, AG Campos Sánchez-Bordona issued an opinion in joined cases C-535/25, C-536/25 and C-537/25 finding that Amazon Italia Logistica, Services and Transport carry out postal services in Italy and must obtain the general authorisation required under Italian law.
Why it matters
If the Court follows the opinion, marketplaces running their own last-mile in the EU face a heavier authorisation burden per member state, which can push more volume back into third-party carriers and reshape delivery SLAs on Amazon.it.
European Parliament clears digital euro file for trilogue, first negotiation set for 13 July
Source: Eunews · 9 July 2026What happened
On 9 July 2026, 416 MEPs voted in favour, 169 against and 22 abstained to open inter-institutional negotiations on the digital euro regulation, with the first trilogue scheduled for 13 July.
Why it matters
A regulated digital euro would sit alongside cards and iDEAL/Bancontact at marketplace checkouts and give brands another EU-wide, non-US payment rail to plan for as part of medium-term pricing and refund flows.
Bol.com cleared to run its own payments and consumer credit
Source: DutchNews.nl · 9 July 2026What happened
Bol's payment institution licence from Dutch central bank DNB (registered 6 May) became public in the week of 7 July, alongside an AFM consumer credit licence covering its buy-now-pay-later plans.
Why it matters
Bol moving payments and credit in-house changes payout timing, dispute handling and BNPL exposure for third-party sellers on the NL and BE marketplace, and tightens Ahold Delhaize's grip on the checkout data.