Amazon to reimburse employee travel expenses for abortions and other medical treatments

Catch up on the latest funding news for Seattle startups: 

• ‘Safest credit card ever’: Possible Finance, which offers small loans and just raised $20 million, is expanding with a new credit card that does not charge interest or late fees. (Above, from left: co-founders Prasad Mahendra, Tyler Conant, and Tony Huang, CEO)

• Data startup raises $63M: Edge Delta helps companies analyze their observability data "at its source."

• Gaming infrastructure startup lands $60M: SoftBank and Sony are among the backers of AccelByte. 

Latest Amazon news:

• Reimbursing travel expenses for medical treatment: Amazon employees in the U.S. will get up to $4,000 annually for travel and lodging for medical treatments that are unavailable within 100 miles of an employee’s home or through virtual care, including abortions.

• Related commentary: Why this startup had to mess with Texas over healthcare

• Growing in Southern California: Amazon plans to add 2,500 corporate and tech jobs to its hubs in Santa Monica, Irvine and San Diego.

• Workers vote down union: Employees in Staten Island, N.Y., rejected the latest effort to unionize an Amazon fulfillment facility. 

• More help for students: The company donated $2.2M to its fund that helps students in Seattle and Bellevue, Wash., afford basic necessities. 

The robots aren't coming for your jobs: That's at least according to the people building robotic automation tools. Here's our latest dispatch from Pittsburgh.

Return of travel boosts Expedia: The Seattle company reported Q1 revenue of $2.2 billion, up 81% year-over-year, but shares fell during Tuesday trading.

Thanks for reading, and have a great day. — GeekWire reporter Kurt Schlosser, kurt@geekwire.com, and GeekWire managing editor Taylor Soper, taylor@geekwire.com.