PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2019

Google’s parent company Alphabet has surpassed Apple as the company with the biggest cash reserves in the world, according to a report by the Financial Times. The move comes as Apple has made a conscious decision to let go of some of its cash reserves, and about six years after activist investor Carl Icahn pressured the company to do so.

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AUGUST 27, 2019

Menlo Park-based Enjoy Technology , the eCommerce startup led by Ron Johnson, former VP of retail operations for Apple, has raised an additional $150 million in Series C funding, TechCrunch reported on Tuesday (Aug. Prior investors include Riverwood Capital, Stamos Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Highland Capital and Oak Capital Management.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Apple is said to be planning a launch of augmented reality (AR) headsets in 2022, and a year later, introduce smart glasses with the same technology, The Information reported on Monday (Nov. The product timetables run counter to recent analyst and media reports that said an Apple AR device could arrive as early as next year.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2019

PayPal appointed Allison Johnson , a marketing veteran with over two decades of experience in her field, as the company’s new executive VP and chief marketing officer (CMO) on Monday (Jan. Johnson brings a vast knowledge of marketing to her position. 14), according to a release by the company.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2018

Apple’s New Chip Groove. Last week’s reports suggest that Apple will soon wave goodbye to its long-term chipmaker, Intel, in favor of making its own chips for Mac computers. The goal is to bring all Apple products into alignment in an attempt to make them work more smoothly, similarly and seamlessly in tandem.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

To say that Apple didn’t sell a lot of phones during the holiday season would not be fair. Saying Apple didn’t make money during its first fiscal quarter of 2018, would not be fair, either. Apple beat on earnings and revenue expectations, thanks to higher-than-expected device prices. billion and a profit of $3.39 cents a share.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2018

To help users monitor how much time they are spending on their Apple devices and within certain apps, engineers at the tech company have been working on a series of tools through a Digital Health initiative. According to people familiar with Apple’s plans, the features will be bundled into a menu in Apple’s iOS 12, Bloomberg reported.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2018

Australia Readies Encryption Rule That Could Fine Apple. 14) a new law that would call on technology companies, including Apple , to provide access to encrypted data if they receive a warrant. Its AxCore technology is being used in a variety of markets, including complex derivatives and high-volume foreign exchange.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

That reality was on display in payments and commerce this week as Apple attempted a reset in its leadership team, Etsy had to calm a legion of underpaid sellers and Lyft managed to pull out and toward the IPO finish line early in the race in 2019. Apple New Leadership Groove.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Today in PYMNTS data, Visa earnings topped expectations, Mastercard saw positive outcomes and Apple underwhelmed market watchers in their recently released earnings reports. In addition, B2B venture capital (VC) went to FinTech firms and underbanked consumers and small businesses (SMBs) experienced banking hurdles.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2017

A glitch in trading data resulted in huge movements in some of the largest companies that trade on the Nasdaq including Apple, Microsoft and Amazon. Microsoft would have been the winner with its market cap increasing $415 billion, reported the Wall Street Journal. . When I saw the series of alerts, I figured something was up.”

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2021

London-based FinTech startup Curve has raised $95 million in Series C funding led by IDC Ventures, Fuel Venture Capital, and the investment division of Vulcan Capital, launched from the estate of Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul G. is being managed by Amanda Orson , vice president and head of North America.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2019

In today’s top news in payments, Goldman plans to launch a robo advisor for clients with lower investment capital than traditional customers, and Apple plans to offer 0 percent installment financing on iPhones bought with the Apple Card. Apple Updates Wallet App to Reflect iPhone Financing for Apple Card Users.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Take Apple and Square, for example. Everyone’s favorite rumor at the time was that a few of the big guys — aka Apple and Google — were both circling Square and considering it for a big ticket acquisition. As 2014 became 2015 and 2015 became 2016, Square and Apple were, once again, the SMB payments “it” combo package.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2018

Apple Vs. Huawei. Apple , by all accounts, had a very good week last week. Earnings were strong — particularly in the services department — and the company managed to make it over the finish line and become America’s first trillion-dollar publicly listed firm. million units, and record-high market shares of 15.8

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PYMNTS

JUNE 11, 2020

Plus, Apple hit $1.5 Apple Is First US Company To Reach $1.5T Market Cap. On Wednesday, Apple stock climbed 2 percent to $352 a share, making the tech giant the first U.S. trillion market capitalization. Why Cash Management Is Driving Corporate’s Digital Payments Transformation. company to do so.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Membership has its privileges ” was the nine-year marketing campaign rolled out by American Express in 1987 to convince consumers that it was worth paying a yearly fee for one of its charge card offerings. Weak iPhone Sales Cost Apple Nearly Half a Trillion Dollars in Market Cap . Apple’s Services Shift Lacks Key Details.

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JANUARY 16, 2020

tech firm to reach $1 trillion market value, joining Apple, Amazon and Microsoft in hitting the milestone, according to reports on Thursday (Jan. Apple and Amazon hit the trillion-dollar mark in the summer of 2018. Apple was the first tech giant to see its market cap top $1 trillion. which owns Alphabet shares.

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

The Los Angeles-based software startup said it will use the injection of capital on research and development as well as the marketing of its Model Management System, designed to remove racial, gender and other bias from the credit and loan approval process. Zest on Tuesday (Oct.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2016

There’s a capital gains tax of 30 percent, too, and a sales tax of 25 percent. And this is all according to the official site of Sweden that goes into great detail about how the Swedes have managed to pull off “the ultimate confidence trick.”. Ever wonder why you’ve never met a Swede named River, Apple or North in Sweden?

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2018

According Digi-Capital , which tracks AR investments, China-based funding for augmented reality and computer vision technologies hit $3.9 There was no immediate apples-to-apples comparison for North America, but the company’s managing director, Tim Merel, wrote that “North American augmented and virtual reality investment fell from nearly $1.5

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JANUARY 20, 2020

As Goldman Sachs seeks further expansion in the South African economy, the financial services company joined the Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s interest-rate and currency-derivatives market, Bloomberg reported on Monday (Jan. In addition, equity investments would be tied to a newly renamed asset management unit.

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AUGUST 11, 2020

Apple is on the cusp of a stock market first — becoming the first public company in history to capture a $2 trillion valuation. Apple stock is trading at about $446 as of Tuesday (Aug. trillion market capitalization — almost double where it was just two years ago. Will Apple make it over the finish line?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2020

As Goldman Sachs seeks further expansion in the South African economy, the financial services company joined the Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s interest-rate and currency-derivatives market, Bloomberg reported on Monday (Jan. In addition, equity investments would be tied to a newly renamed asset management unit.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2020

The probe is centered on whether Google’s monopoly of the online search world – and the ensuing advertising revenue it commands – represent an illegal form of market control. tech firm to reach $1 trillion market value, joining Apple, Amazon and Microsoft in the trillion-dollar valuation club.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Despite concerns in the market about the COVID-19 pandemic affecting purchases of used clothes, the digital resale market is poised to spike in growth by 27 percent this year, and thredUP says it's added customers this year. Online clothing retailer thredUP has filed confidentially for an initial public offering (IPO) in the U.S.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

When bankers talk about a product, be it a loan, transactional account, or treasury management service, they usually speak in terms of the actual product itself. The most successful product in the world, the products created by Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Facebook, all solve a variety of emotional problems for the buyer.

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Never in the history of payments has there been such a media-frenzied, corporate disrupting and consumer-captivating moment as last week’s unveiling of Apple Pay as part of this week’s release of the iPhone 6. Apple shrewdly coopted its greatest weakness as an inexperienced new entrant. Where does it go from here? No one really knows.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Airbnb’s New IPO Pricing Could Boost Market Cap to $42 Billion. Apple’s NFC Practices Draw Scrutiny from Dutch Regulators. Apple Pay, and specifically NFC, is getting a harder look from competitive watchdogs on the continent. Airbnb, which plans to hold its initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday (Dec.

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OCTOBER 14, 2020

Goldman Sachs ’ latest results showed continued traction in its digital, consumer banking efforts even as its core trading and asset management segments soared. Revenues, driven by asset management and trading, were up 30 percent to $10.8 Net revenues in the consumer and wealth management space were up 13 percent year over year, to $1.5

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

That’s a holiday tradition that pops up every seven or so years when Microsoft and Sony release their Xbox and PlayStation systems’ latest editions, then spend the holiday season slugging it out for dominance in the video-gaming market. Gaming market researcher Newzoo recently estimated that 2.7

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APRIL 16, 2019

It’s earnings season once again, with executives and shareholders hanging on the numbers of revenues, profits and market growth. Risk management is also an essential component to driving shareholder value via supply chain optimization, the report stated, as supply chain disruptions can have a significant impact on shareholder value.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Stem’s target client base, said Rabkin Lewis, consists of “not just the artists, but also their management teams, the labels that work with and all the various collaborators, songwriters, producers … all of them are part of a population of creators that we see as being underserved by financial tools and technologies.”.

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JUNE 17, 2016

market do not have: the need for offline authorization. Overall, this subset of the SMB market, some 3.4 Synchrony sent the market into a tail spin when it issued guidance that suggested that there would be a 20 to 30 basis point increase in credit losses from these products. but since we have a Zero Floor limit in the U.S.

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Lex Sokolin

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Here, for comparison, is similar data on venture capital funds?—?printing Should we be interpreting the desire of lots of private sub-scale companies to *sell* as a signal about the market environment and the quality of these companies? That is a 100% increase in capital looking for quality fintech assets. billion in 2021 Q1.

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Lex Sokolin

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Here, for comparison, is similar data on venture capital funds?—?printing Should we be interpreting the desire of lots of private sub-scale companies to *sell* as a signal about the market environment and the quality of these companies? That is a 100% increase in capital looking for quality fintech assets. billion in 2021 Q1.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2019

Morgan Managing Director and Head of Commercial Card Product Management Naney Pandit says should be a focus this year is in mobilizing the corporate card. Recent Capital One research also uncovered how sluggish mobile payments adoption has been in the corporate setting. One area of development that J.P.

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