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JUNE 26, 2019

Apple has bought autonomous car startup Drive.ai, according to a report by CNBC. The purchase price isn’t known, but Axios is reporting that Apple probably paid less than the $77 million Drive.ai raised in venture capital. raised in venture capital. Apple called the cuts restructuring at the time.

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JANUARY 31, 2019

Apple envisions an Apple Pay beyond its current role at the point of sale and P2P. If you see […].

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DECEMBER 16, 2018

Apple took a hit late last week after Ming-Chi Kuo, the closely followed Apple analyst at TF International Securities, warned that demand for Apple’s iPhones is much lower than expected. Kuo’s report sent shares of Apple lower and is worrisome given his close relationship to a supplier.

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MAY 1, 2019

Apple’s shares jumped in trading on Wednesday (May 1) on the back of a strong showing for its second quarter, setting the stage for another push above the $1 trillion market capitalization. It’s a milestone Apple briefly hit in August, only to see its stock fall as demand in China slumped.

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OCTOBER 1, 2019

The iPhone 11 rolled out just over a week ago, and Apple CEO Tim Cook told the German newspaper Bild that the latest model enjoyed a “very strong start,” CNBC reported on Tuesday (Oct. Cook told the newspaper that Apple “could not be happier” with the iPhone 11 launch, although sales figures were not discussed.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Apple has started taking preorders for a new line of iPhones and HomePod speakers, the company said in a Friday (Nov. This is the first time Apple has simultaneously launched four different iPhone models. Apple's fourth quarter and fiscal year ended Sept. Its market capitalization had been $2.295 trillion on Sept.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 9, 2019

In this episode, Suman Bhattacharyya, deputy editor of Bank Innovation, speaks with Alyson Clarke, principal analyst at Forrester Research, about the following developments: With the much-awaited launch of Apple Card, the tech giant has taken a page […].

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DECEMBER 12, 2019

And beyond China, KeyBanc Capital Markets wrote that the iPhone 11 was also a popular model in North America and Western Europe. As has been reported, China remains a key market for Apple, as the country and the surrounding region account for as much as 17 percent of its top line. 15 on $160 billion worth of Chinese goods.

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AUGUST 1, 2018

Amid the race to reach $1 trillion in market capitalization, analysts are predicting that Amazon will win over Apple. Even so, Apple could potentially pull off an upset. But, while Apple is getting a lot of accolades from analysts on Wall Street and investors, it won’t hold the top spot for market capitalization for long.

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JANUARY 14, 2019

Global investment firm RBC Capital Markets sent out a note on Sunday (Jan. 13) saying that Apple’s services revenue growth has slowed to 18 percent year-over-year, when it was expected to be at about 27 percent. 14), Apple’s stock dropped about 1.3 Apple has hinted that it will be releasing new products this year.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 5, 2016

Capital One Financial Corp. Job ads for more than a dozen positions in the Big Apple were recently posted, and quite a few of them directly relate to the bank’s innovation effort. may be based in McLean, Va., but it’s adding significant innovation staff to its New York office. Here are just a Read More.

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MARCH 9, 2018

Apple needs to watch its back: Amazon might just beat the world’s most valuable publicly listed company to the $1 trillion mark. While Reuters reports that Apple’s market capitalization has reached $893 billion – $141 billion more than the $752 billion market value of Amazon – the eCommerce giant has been quickly gaining steam.

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OCTOBER 25, 2018

Apple is expanding its presence in Southeast Asia, choosing Thailand as the home for its second Apple Store in Southeast Asia. A tech media outlet , citing comments Apple made on its local Thailand website, reported that the store will be part of the upcoming Iconsiam mall, which will be the largest in Bangkok.

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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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NOVEMBER 14, 2018

At the same time, Seat Geek is offering Apple Pay as Shopify added Venmo as a payment option. And European retailers are embracing digital payments: H&M, for instance, recently inked a partnership with Klarna through which they will further integrate H&M’s physical and digital stores. percent from 19.3 percent at the time.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

In this case, it’s the gap between interest and intent, the chasm that lies between consumer awareness of unattended retail and actually taking the plunge in buying at the kiosk and vending machine. At a high level, according to PYMNTS data , unattended retail is reaching only one-tenth of its potential. Hurdles For Larger Merchants.

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AUGUST 14, 2018

In addition, two major retail chains have upped their digital efforts, and behavioral biometrics is attracting more of the spotlight. 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.

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OCTOBER 5, 2017

Fall is supposed to be the best season for apples. However, the pickin’s look a little slim from Apple this week. Reception of the iPhone 8 has been underwhelming, with Huawei’s projected sales actually surpassing Apple’s in China for the first time. Apple is reportedly testing Apple Pay Cash internally.

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MARCH 21, 2018

The eCommerce retailer’s market value has risen to close to $765 billion, which is about $3 billion more the market value of Google, CNN Money reported. As of now, Apple is the only company worth more than Amazon at nearly $900 billion. And Microsoft is behind Apple, Amazon and Alphabet with a market value of $720 billion.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2018

retailers could get ATM-related refunds and there are new figures about consumer and business spending. Apple iPhone Outsells Samsung, Huawei On Alibaba’s Singles Day. UK Retailers Could Receive Refunds In ATM Business Rate Case. SoftBank sets its mobile unit IPO, U.K. The annual event brought in gross merchandise value of $30.8

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MAY 5, 2017

The ecosystem was treated to a tale of two Apple Watches this week — and one wonders where the truth is, here, too. The first story was about the Apple Watch being a sizzle — a running theme throughout Apple’s latest earnings release. The Purge — Apple Watch Edition. Well, they might have been. If they had noticed.

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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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AUGUST 22, 2018

As it makes its way to South Africa and continues to amass impressive partnerships with the likes of Alipay and PayPal, Samsung Pay might have completed three years in the mobile payments market, but its numbers still lag its main rival, Apple Pay. Samsung revealed yesterday that it had completed 1.3

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AUGUST 24, 2017

Apple is still trying to change the world, but some of its plans simply weren’t meant to be (read: Apple driverless, gas-pedal-less, steering-wheel-less cars). Apple is also reportedly in talks with Hollywood to change how movies are released, and it just scored a massive “maple bond” deal, whatever that is. About Face.

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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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AUGUST 31, 2017

Maybe because Apple has finally killed the last front-facing button on its smartphone and with it, TouchID authentication. Plus, hear the new voice of Siri, find out where Apple’s automotive engineers just rolled up and see which supply chain partnership the tech giant wants to forge by tomorrow – in this week’s Apple tracker.

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AUGUST 25, 2017

This week in retail, we’ve seen news coming in from multiple sides, including that of Apple’s projected increase in smartwatch sales , U.K. This week in retail, we’ve seen news coming in from multiple sides, including that of Apple’s projected increase in smartwatch sales , U.K. Moving into lending news, U.K.-based

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

In retail logistics, eBay has expanded its integration with UPS to add new functions for selling and shipping. And the use of cash is dwindling amid a shift to digital payments, while Apple will reportedly roll out four new 5G phone models in October. All this, Today in Data. 50%: Relative share of U.S. 26%: Portion of all U.S.

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AUGUST 15, 2018

economy, especially when it comes to retail and technology. And Greenlight Capital added new positions to retailers including Dollar Tree , Dollar General , Gap , and TJX Companies , the parent company of TJ Maxx and HomeGoods , while activist fund Jana Partners took new positions in Wells Fargo & Co and food delivery company GrubHub.

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APRIL 1, 2019

Some providers are capitalizing on the concept by launching new services that offer access to premium content such as newspapers and magazines in exchange for a monthly fee. At the same time, average paid memberships grew 26 percent year over year. The portion of surveyed consumers subscribing to a media service is 20 percent.

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DECEMBER 13, 2017

Retail is perhaps an unexpected entrant into the augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) market, but it’s proving to be an area in which being there virtually can be seamlessly substituted for being there actually. Retail may just sneak up and be the dark horse that pushes the AR/VR movement from niche play to mainstream tool.

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

Bain Capital Ventures: 2020 Is B2B Payments’ Breakout Year. Bain Capital Ventures’ partner Matt Harris told PYMNTS that 2020 marked the tipping point for commercial payments. “I PYMNTS explores why making sense of data privacy trends amid COVID-19 is key to the survival of retailers. Trackers And Reports .

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APRIL 12, 2018

The eCommerce retailer invested $22.6 But Amazon is hardly alone and joins Alphabet , Microsoft , Apple and Facebook as big R&D spenders. Here’s how these companies are investing in R&D — and ushering in the next generation of retail technology. Apple spent $11.6 Apple hasn’t made an official announcement yet.

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JANUARY 4, 2018

Apple took more of a roller coaster ride – months later, analysts still aren’t sure how the iPhone X will perform, and whatever happened to that HomePod? Alexa climbed to the top spot in the Apple App Store over the holiday weekend and hasn’t budged since. That led to drops in Apple shares as well as in shares of Asian suppliers.

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APRIL 6, 2020

For retailers, it was supposed to be the year of 5G. Recent research from Gartner finds that 46 percent of retailers expected to deploy augmented reality (AR) or virtual reality (VR) solutions this year. A lot depends on Apple. So in that way, 5G is an important element or recovery when the COVID-19 crisis passes.

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OCTOBER 5, 2018

This trend happens as activity around AR heats up, with major players in the digital economy apparently positioning themselves to profit as the retail-friendly tech move every closer to mainstream popularity. billion of retail annually by 2025, fueled by the shopping habits of some 32 million consumers. Investment Shift.

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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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