PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Goldman Sachs said it doled out about $10 billion in credit lines in just over month for the Apple -branded credit card, Bloomberg reported on Friday (Nov. According to regulatory filings made public this week, Apple Card? There are no fees with the card, and it integrates with Apple Pay and the iOS Wallet app.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

It would be “odd” for Apple Inc. to offer a jointly developed credit card with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and not with Synchrony Financial, MoffettNathanson analyst Lisa Ellis said, since Synchrony dominates the market for co-brand offerings. Goldman must be offering Apple a very good deal,” Ellis said by email.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

Samsung Pay is launching a physical debit card and this summer will introduce a money management tool in partnership with SoFi. It was also the first platform to introduce a cashback service for online shopping and recently added support for Swipe’s cryptocurrency Visa cards. has seen slow adoption compared to other regions.

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Payments Source

APRIL 30, 2019

Apple Card's advantages are mostly available elsewhere, but Apple's marketing prowess will make it a formidable competitor, according to Jonathan Ebinger, a general partner at Blue Run Ventures.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2020

As retailers scramble to capture the digital shift, it’s easy for some overlooked details, such as unanswered customer complaints, to harm their brands. To prevent this, a new category is emerging around the area of online reputation management , with a luxury automaker among the latest brands to embrace the technology.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2019

A prominent analyst, JPMorgan’s Samik Chatterjee, has suggested that Apple may alter the way it currently releases iPhones every year, splitting them into summer and fall releases instead of lumping them all together near the end of the year, according to reports. There were three released this year, and four are planned for next year.

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Accenture

OCTOBER 9, 2019

The credit card partnership market is off to an aggressive start in 2019, given issuers’ robust activity in the first half to try to fuel new growth amidst a leveling-off in receivables. Already, 10 new credit card programs launched in the second quarter of 2019 (Figure 1), compared to the 16 launched in 2018, based on our analysis.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

And you can see it in the hustle by retailers and brands large and small to pivot their businesses and business models — and the disclaimers on just about every retail site starting a week or more ago that orders placed online might not make it in time for Christmas. Apple Pay’s Digital-First Disconnect. consumers — 47.2

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Starting with the release of Apple Pay in 2014, there was a veritable rush of proprietary mobile wallets sent to market, a host of “. And in many places, for the first time, our retailers are open to it. version embodied by the Apple and Google Pays of the world. Mobile payments have long been billed as the next big thing.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2020

Verizon is partnering with financial firm Synchrony to put out its own consumer card in the first half of this year, they said on Thursday (Jan. T-Mobile recently started providing banking services through T-Mobile Money, and Amazon and Uber now both offer their own branded cards. 23), according to published reports.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Apple is hoping its new 5G iPhones will help it bridge a gap in sales in China, where it has been beaten out by rivals like Huawei, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports. But in China, the phone wasn't seen on display at an Apple store in Shanghai. On Tuesday (Oct. in recent years.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

based NatWest has introduced Apple Pay to its 1 million small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) business banking customers, giving them more options to make payments on the go, LearnerBonds reported on Tuesday (Nov. With Apple Pay, the actual card numbers are not stored on the device or Apple servers. In 2018, some 27.7

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Accenture

AUGUST 20, 2019

Each quarter, Ryan Douglas from the Card Issuing group compiles key metrics on US consumer credit cards, tracking spend, receivables, loss rates and returns reported by the largest US banks. Despite ongoing rewards competition, card profitability remains strong. Retail Card, Payment Solutions, and CareCredit).

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

One of this year’s favorites so far, according to reports in The New York Times, has been fake retail and product apps popping up in the Apple App Store of late. We’re seeing a barrage of fake apps,” said Chris Mason, chief executive of Branding Brand. Reality is different than theory, however.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2020

Retailers around the world are shutting their doors or reducing hours in an attempt to slow the spread of the fast-moving coronavirus, according to reports on Wednesday (March 18). Apple is keeping all stores closed until further notice. Abercrombie & Fitch is closing all its stores, including its Hollister brand.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Voice commerce may grab more headlines due to the presence of Google, Apple and Amazon, but conversational commerce – its younger cousin – is finding its own way as the information superhighway to a purchase. “We The voice activation may come back with one brand or a few, as well as suggested websites or stores.

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Accenture

MAY 30, 2019

Each quarter, Ryan Douglas from the Card Issuing group compiles key metrics on US consumer credit cards, tracking spend, receivables, loss rates and returns reported by the largest US banks. Credit card profitability remains attractive for banks with our ROA proxies increasing 43 bps YoY?. Notable happenings. New partnerships.

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2017

Over the past few years, the big box retailer has had to close many of its stores after missing the sales mark. Penney has had a mobile website and coupons for quite a while, it recently announced news that Apple Pay will be accepted across all of its stores in the United States. In addition to launching Apple Pay, J.C.

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Payments Source

APRIL 22, 2019

JCPenney ended support for Apple Pay in its stores and also removed the mobile payment option from its app, a surprising reversal for a brand that offered Apple Pay in 2015, within a year of its rollout. There are multiple factors in play here.

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2016

In the world of retail payment technology, the line between who did something first and who did it second can get a little blurry. In the world of retail payment technology, the line between who did something first and who did it second can get a little blurry. 2015 (with the plan having been first announced in June of that year).

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Blackhawk Network, the gift cards , payments tools and rewards company, announced Wednesday (Dec. 8) that it will integrate gift cards, egifts, loyalty and rewards programs into Apple Pay. What’s more, retailers have the resources needed to make improved digital connections with shoppers, Blackhawk said.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

The Apple Card’s Big Launch. Early accounts seem to indicate that the just-launched Apple -branded credit card is finding its way into customers’ hands, and into heavy use. According to issuer Goldman Sachs , they have opened up about $10 billion in credit lines in just over month for the Apple Card.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

The bank’s tech needs range from new products such as the Apple Card to its growing dependency on cloud infrastructure. In separate news, reports surfaced in November that Goldman Sachs said it doled out approximately $10 billion in credit lines in just over month for the Apple-branded credit card. Apple Card?

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

According to Market Watch , a new report by Piper Jaffray found that teens would rather have those items than cash or gift cards. teenagers’ wish list is Apple ’s latest iPhone. percent of teen’s wish lists, with the top four consumer brands being the iPhone, Apple Watch, MacBooks and Airpods. The top item on U.S.

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Payments Source

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Banks and Apple Pay have not always had easy partnerships, but a hot market for co-branded cards gives Goldman Sachs a chance to advance its consumer ambitions and Apple an opportunity to offset slumps in device sales.

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PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2018

There is no shortage of direct-to-consumer mattress brands as mattress sales move from brick-and-mortar retail to eCommerce. One brand, though, saw a market opportunity as brands like Casper and Leesa took off. But the brands currently on the market were a useful learning experience for Nectar.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

To speed up shopping trips for its customers, 7-Eleven now takes Google Pay and Apple Pay at most of its U.S. Consumers prefer shopping at retailers that offer digital payment capabilities,” said 7-Eleven CDO and CIO Gurmeet Singh, according to the outlet. By some estimates, about a quarter of the U.S.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2020

Fruit Street – a virtual one-stop-shop specializing in digital diabetes diagnosis and treatment – has partnered with vegetarian meal kit purveyor Purple Carrot to add a retail angle to its health advisory service. The mobile application can sync various wireless devices, including Fitbit, iHealth, BodyTrace, Apple Health and Withings.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Goldman Sachs is the lead investor in a $50 million funding round for credit card startup Deserve, CNBC reported on Monday (Nov. Deserve offers credit cards to nontraditional consumers and sells its cloud-based platform to companies wanting to launch their own branded cards. Bloom said in a press release at the time.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2016

This, everyone, is the Apple Pay story, 20 months post-launch. . Working with our partner, InfoScout, we fielded our latest quarterly consumer study of Apple Pay adoption and usage in early June and just completed our analysis. We now have observations every quarter since the launch of Apple Pay. PLEASE GIVE ME A TRY!

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

“Given the seismic shift to digital, the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing retail to achieve innovation in three to six months that would otherwise have taken three to five years. Startup brands are taking advantage, and established players are catching up. Payments Drive Digital Experiences for Brands (and Consumers). is investing.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2019

However, they are also hesitant to pay for those new experiences with credit cards or other traditional financing options. Retailers must accommodate financial flexibility, which is leading many to explore alternative solutions — such as Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) solutions. Around The Buy Now, Pay Later Worl d.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2017

That’s a quote from department store maven John Wanamaker, illustrating a conundrum for retailers (and merchants in general): Namely, you’ve got to reach out to consumers if you are going to convince them to buy your wares. It is equally important to measure and iterate as the retailer continues to engage with its target audience.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2019

Williams started The Sock Spot website and started to reach out to brands. Now, he has more than a dozen brands with access to many different types of socks. They can swipe their card to have a product dispensed, or they can add multiple products to their cart, change the quantities as needed and then check out all at once.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2018

17) that it will enable tokenization services on all cards by 2020, as part of its Digital Commerce Solutions, a suite of offerings geared toward making online transactions speedier and more secure. Mastercard will work with Adyen, Digital River, Stripe, Square, Worldpay and its own eponymous gateway services to bring tokens to retailers.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Keeping consumers invested and engaged is an eternal challenge for retailers. Price and convenience remain top factors that can prompt consumers to try brands, but features like payment flexibility — allowing consumers to pay using their preferred methods — and speed are also becoming must-haves. PYMNTS data revealed that 47.7

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2020

With the busy holiday season upon us, we are proud to offer a truly multi-channel payment solution that has proven to bring new customers and increased sales to our retail partners,” Afterpay Global Chief Revenue Officer Melissa Davis said in the announcement. CEO Nick Molnar said in a past PYMNTS panel. And there's a huge opportunity.

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