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What Serving The Internet’s ‘Underserved’ Means For Payments

PYMNTS

That matters because as time goes by and existing cities become prohibitively expensive — think San Francisco, New York City and Los Angeles, with Chicago, Boston and other areas not far behind — many younger, well-educated consumers are making moves to exurban or even rural areas, or smaller cities. Government Efforts.

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Is It Time For Apple To Allow Others Access To The iPhone NFC Chip?

PYMNTS

Just as many boomers have made the digital shift as millennials, and as many of those living in big cities and towns have made the shift as those living in less populated areas. On the sixth anniversary of the launch of Apple Pay in November, a PYMNTS study of some 7,585 U.S. consumers showed that of the 7.75 percent of all retail sales.

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Blue Apron Turns 7 As Meal Kit Industry Grows Up

PYMNTS

We at PYMNTS, being writers, don’t do cakes and gifts for birthdays, but instead prefer writing retrospective stories like this, treatments that serve not only as a history of a particularly newsworthy company, but also a glimpse into the future of the industry in which it operates. Back to 2012. The timing seemed perfect.

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Blue Apron Marks Seventh Birthday Amid Meal Kit Industry Changes

PYMNTS

We at PYMNTS, being writers, don’t do cakes and gifts for birthdays, but instead prefer writing retrospective stories like this, treatments that serve not only as a history of a particularly newsworthy company, but also a glimpse into the future of the industry in which it operates. Back to 2012. The timing seemed perfect.

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What Amazon HQ2, Interchange Fees And Facebook Have In Common

PYMNTS

That’s the only way the business can ultimately continue to create value for its customers, create jobs for people, serve the ecosystem in which it operates and provide tax revenues. It has also spurred other businesses to follow its lead, irrespective of whether Amazon is even a relevant player in the ecosystem in which it operates.

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Mobile Payments: What’s In It For Me?

PYMNTS

Vodafone is the third-largest mobile operator in the U.K. by the year 2019, Apple could be hoping that the new wallet features may also make the iPhone more appealing and help Apple compete with Samsung, not that it needs it when Samsung is imploding while its Galaxy 7s are exploding. And The Brits Are Already Well On Their Way.

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Killing The I-Bank: The Disruption Of Investment Banking

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While the rules against prop trading have more recently been loosened, the restriction has still changed how investment banks operate. Even so, September 2020 was one of the strongest months for IPOs since Uber went public in May 2019. Investment banking revenues hit a 13-year-low in 2019. Table of contents.