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Amazon Flex

“Can Amazon embed just enough financial services (insurance, retirement, payouts) into its gig-driver platform to reduce attrition and regulatory risk while keeping drivers classified as independent contractors?”

Founded2015
HQSeattle, Washington, USA (UK operations via Amazon EU)
Total raisedPublic company (Amazon Inc., NASDAQ: AMZN)
Latest roundPost-IPO
IndustryMarketplace / Gig economy
The story

Amazon Flex is Amazon's gig-economy delivery arm, launched in 2015 to build a contractor-based last-mile delivery network. Drivers are classified as independent contractors, earning per delivery block with no employer-side payroll tax obligations. The UK programme (flex.amazon.co.uk) mirrors the US model. The embedded finance story centres on insurance (Zego provides pay-as-you-go commercial auto cover for active delivery blocks in the UK), retirement access for DSP-affiliated drivers via Vestwell, and Amazon's self-operated payments infrastructure for disbursing driver earnings.

Last 12 months
2025-06
2025-07
Product timeline
2015
Amazon Flex launched in the US, allowing independent contractors to deliver Amazon packages using personal vehicles.· pivot
2016
Amazon Flex expanded to the UK market via flex.amazon.co.uk.· banking
2018
Amazon launched its Delivery Service Partner (DSP) program, partnering with small businesses employing contract drivers.· pivot
2025
Vestwell announced partnership with Amazon's DSP program to offer pooled employer plan (PEP) 401(k) retirement solutions to nearly 400,000 US contract delivery drivers.· banking
The stack
2 layers disclosed in Amazon Flex’s embedded-finance stack
Payments / PSP
Amazon Payments (self-operated)
Insurance
in the full report
Accounting gap: none
1 more provider across 1 layer, with confidence-scored evidence and source URLs, are in the Embedded Finance Index report.

Amazon Flex — frequently asked

Who is Amazon Flex's payment processor?

Amazon Flex processes payments through Amazon Payments (self-operated).

Which insurance provider does Amazon Flex partner with?

Amazon Flex's embedded insurance is provided by Zego.

What is Amazon Flex's embedded finance stack?

The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 2 layers in Amazon Flex's stack: Payments / PSP (Amazon Payments (self-operated)); Insurance (Zego).

Where is Amazon Flex headquartered?

Amazon Flex is founded in 2015 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, USA (UK operations via Amazon EU).

How much funding has Amazon Flex raised?

Amazon Flex has raised Public company (Amazon Inc., NASDAQ: AMZN) in total (latest round: Post-IPO).

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