Amazon has begun issuing payments to eligible Prime members as part of its $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission.

The e-commerce giant agreed to the payouts in September to resolve a 2023 lawsuit in which the FTC accused Amazon of misleading customers into enrolling in Prime and making it difficult for them to cancel their membership.

Under the settlement, Amazon agreed to pay $1 billion in civil penalties and $1.5 billion to eligible customers.

The retail company neither admitted to nor denied the FTC’s allegations when it agreed to the payouts.

“Amazon and our executives have always followed the law and this settlement allows us to move forward and focus on innovating for customers,” Amazon wrote in a September statement . “We work incredibly hard to make it c

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