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Social Media Lures Credit Card Giants – And Their Advertising Spend

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Now, when you like your credit card rewards … you can really “like” them. On social media – specifically, on Facebook. The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday morning (April 23) that at least a few credit card giants – Capital One Financial Corp. and American Express Co. and American Express Co. million spent in 2017.

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Apple Card’s gender-bias claims look familiar to old-school banks

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pitches its new card as a model of simplicity and transparency, upending everything consumers think about credit cards. But for the card’s overseers at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Social media postings in recent days by a tech entrepreneur […].

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Social Media As The ?Ticket? For Contextual Commerce

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Sports fans can’t get enough of their favorite players and teams: Their social media accounts oftentimes have hundreds of thousands or millions of followers. They sold out in 23 minutes — proof that social media channels can be successful mediums for consumer purchases. How does social media play in?

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Apple Pay Trending Up as Target, Other Retailers Add Payment Option

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Apple Pay was trending across social media today on news the payment option will soon be accepted at Target, Taco Bell and other major U.S. According to Apple, 74 of the top 100 U.S. merchants now accept Apple Pay. The company touted the service’s ease of use, security and speed at the register. But […].

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JCPenney Removes Apple Pay Support

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Only a few years after a full rollout of Apple Pay, JCPenney has reportedly dropped the Apple Pay digital payment service in its app and brick-and-mortar stores. Ron Johnson, who arrived at the retailer to become CEO from Apple, had the role for only two years. support Apple Pay and 74 of the leading 100 merchants in the U.S.

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Banking Algorithms, the Apple Card and Sexism

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Allegation that the Apple Card provided husband a credit limit several times higher than his wife’s credit limit Payments Technology Risk Management Social Media People Customers Tech Management Mobile Online Cards Security Big Data Feature3 Fintech Feature.

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Today In Payments: Apple Purchases Mobeewave; Trump Encourages Microsoft To Buy All Of TikTok

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In today’s top news, Apple has purchased Mobeewave, and President Donald Trump has encouraged Microsoft to buy all of TikTok. Apple Buys Mobeewave For $100M. Apple has bought Mobeewave , a Canadian company, that will turn iPhones into centers for mobile payment. Plus, GoodRx Inc. is reportedly looking to go public.

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