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

MARCH 19, 2020

Apple is providing Italy’s Protezione Civile with a contribution of medical supplies, among other items, 9to5Mac reported. It’s never been more important to support each other,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a tweet. Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus around the world.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2016

Singapore is on a mission to build up a Smart Nation by utilizing innovation and technology to create opportunities and strengthen communities. Startups are estimated to employ nearly 300,000 on the island nation. Singapore is poised to become the world’s first country to make the notion of a “Smart Nation” an actual reality.

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Jeff For Banks

FEBRUARY 20, 2016

On February 14-17 the American Bankers Association held their National Conference for Community Bankers. In terms of taking business from others, the primary, head nodding answer as to how to do it was apple pie. Farm Credit, particularly in rural markets, are a significant threat to community banks. It's not so bad.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

As predicted, Amazon has a new Echo coming out in time for the holidays – and here’s how it plans to compete with Apple’s HomePod. This may have been in response to Apple’s challenge with the HomePod, billed as the highest-quality audio experience on the market – but which critics said fell short in many other areas.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2020

To regain some of that ground, Connie Davis, senior vice president at FIS , told PYMNTS in a recent interview, FIs — particularly credit unions (CUs) and community banks — must transform the way they think about digital offerings and connected experiences. That means they can compete more effectively against digital-only competitors.

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Abrigo

MAY 20, 2015

When the Apple Watch hits retail shelves within the next few weeks, chief technology officers and developers at financial institutions will be working to make sure that their mobile app translates to the latest wearable tech. It’s a big job to keep up with the Apples of the world.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 11, 2020

Sephora, Journeys and rue21 are among the first Klarna merchants to offer Google Pay in addition to Apple Pay, providing flexibility, security and contactless payments to customers. “We’re In January, Klarna launched in-store payments for iPhone users with Apple Pay. at Klarna, in a statement.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Head David Sykes said in a statement at the time that the company was focused on "providing all of our users with a seamless, contactless shopping experience as stores reopen and the pandemic continues to affect communities across the nation,” and the company wanted to help its retail partners through the pandemic by driving business growth.

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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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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Educated customers form stronger relationships with their community banks. When I first came into community banking, I quickly learned that our jobs are as much about education as they are about finance. While community bankers have deep knowledge of financial topics, most people don’t have that background. My Top Three.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Community Bank of the Bay. Community First Credit Union (OH). First National Bank of Milaca. Greater Cleveland Community Credit Union. Hometown Community Banks. Lamar National Bank. Building Trades Credit Union. Evans Bank. Federated Bank. First Bank of Boaz. First Central Credit Union. Grand Savings Bank.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

The virus is reportedly decelerating in China, where it started late last year, but it is accelerating in other nations, per organization officials, as cited in the report. Apple didn’t specify when the stores would be in operation again. The nation will also accelerate manufacturing of important medical supplies.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2020

Apple is keeping all stores closed until further notice. Two retail associations — the National Retail Federation (NRF) and the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) — jointly sent a letter to the National Governors Association and U.S. Abercrombie & Fitch is closing all its stores, including its Hollister brand.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2020

Amazon said it is looking to add 100,000 jobs during the coronavirus scare as demand for delivery services continues to increase across the nation, according to a blog post from the company. We are seeing a significant increase in demand, which means our labor needs are unprecedented for this time of year,” Amazon said in the post.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 19, 2019

Almost 200 CEOs at The Business Roundtable, a meeting of executives from corporations like JPMorgan, Apple and Amazon, have redefined the “purpose of a corporation,” according to a report by CNBC. We commit to deliver[ing] value to all of them, for the future success of our companies, our communities and our country.”.

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PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2020

Local and regional banks may have once been more insulated from these trends than other businesses since they are often trusted names within their communities and maintain long-standing relationships with their customers. In contrast, national bank customers are less likely to switch FIs, with 25.9 percent of national banks, versus 77.5

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Abrigo

MAY 5, 2022

million podcasts in the world, you might find it daunting to weed through the lists on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, or other platforms to find the best banking podcasts. Other podcasts might be internationally based and of little interest to community financial institutions or credit unions based in the U.S. Indeed, with 2.8

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Jeff For Banks

JANUARY 27, 2011

I was at a strategic planning retreat a few weeks back where a colleague lauded the concept of bankers getting back to plain vanilla community banking. But if you read or watch interviews of CEOs of community FIs from 2008 forward, you will be bombarded with the message that they didn''t engage in the things that led to the collapse.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Apple, Fitbit, Garmin, Pebble, Jawbone all have a stake in the game, while Microsoft may have lost its standing with the removal of the Band from online shelves. The “wearables” market is a hot one with many barriers to entry and even more to maintaining footing. A new wearable may be entering the game, specifically focused on sweat.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Also, Apple criticized the vote of German lawmakers to pass new legislation that would make it open up its mobile payment system to rival providers. Apple criticized the vote of German lawmakers’ to pass new legislation that would make it open up its mobile payment system to competing providers. And the U.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 3, 2020

The coronavirus outbreak is reportedly not impacting research and development for Apple products that use a new mini LED technology, per an analyst, CNBC reported. retail shops for the fourth week in a row, with confirmed coronavirus cases spreading throughout the nation, Bloomberg reported. Foot traffic fell 3.3

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Quail Creek Bank develops its own Apple Watch app. Many of your community bank’s customers are using smartphones, and most smartphone users with bank accounts are using mobile banking. Community banks must improve their customers’ mobile banking experience to remain competitive with national banks.”. By Ellen Ryan.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. We are in awe. Seriously in awe.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2020

Throughout the six-plus-hour grilling, the stock prices of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google were all up — and stayed that way throughout the day. Between the close of business on Tuesday and end of day on Friday, though, Barron’s reported that Alphabet, Apple, Amazon and Facebook collectively added $370 billion to their market caps.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2020

“In the small business community, I would say between 20 to 30 percent of owners would have business interruption insurance. You put everything in your business it’s hard at times to figure out how to afford this,” Ron Willis, founder and president of the National Association of Business Owners and Entrepreneurs told Fox.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Years were spent building up the content and community. To that end, the platform has tens of thousands of campgrounds listed on its platform through the United States, with a combination of federal campgrounds, state parks, national parks, BLM land, private campgrounds and private landowners. The Booking Experience.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2020

Organizations like the National Retail Federation (NRF) and the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) have advocated for government mask mandates to take the onus off retailers and in-store sales personnel. “We One example is what Apple has done with Apple Pay. So far, retailers have done a decent job here.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Samsung’s global march added another stopping point this week, as Thailand became the latest nation to come online for Samsung Pay. That announcement comes as most of the global payments-watching community was watching Samsung Pay’s imminent foray into India. Apple’s move this week is about merchants.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2020

When we were having this conversation in January or February, my sense was community banks and credit unions [were] feeling a sense of being left behind in the digital race,” VB said. Larger and national FIs are feeling the heat, but they do carry a narrow advantage in terms of keeping hold of their customers, VB said.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

At some point, we are likely to see community spread in the U.S. or in other countries,” said Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, on a conference call. Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and Facebook have advised Chinese operations to cancel all non-essential business travel.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Needless to say, the nation’s small banks and their representatives are less than wholly thrilled. Mixing banking and commerce is a bad idea that keeps recurring like a bad dream,” said Paul Merski with the Independent Community Bankers of America.“It’s I don’t think Apple fundamentally wants to become a bank.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2020

percent of consumers are either “very” or “extremely” likely to use or already use national banks, and 60.1 percent feel the same toward local and community banks. The stage may be set, then, for a willingness to try new financial services, from the firms with which consumers interact everyday (a la Google and Apple, for example).

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Roger Marshall (R-KS) with a rare bi-partisan move showing that pinch-your-banker-and-hug-your-merchant is apparently as wholesome America as apple pie. Hats off to Thomas Shara at Lakeland and Tony Labozzetta of Provident for architecting the new $25 billion super-community bank in New Jersey.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2019

Customers download the app through the Apple App Store or Google Play and sign up for the service and choose the market that suits them. It offers delivery or convenient pickup locations in the community as it has partnerships with breweries, libraries and workplaces. The Products and Vendors.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2018

For those not used to thinking about electricity by the gigawatt, the estimates mean this: Even at the low end, bitcoin mining uses as much power as a nation state. The debate is whether that nation state is small (Lithuania-sized), medium (Morocco-sized) or medium-large (Israel-sized). Use of power is not very evenly distributed.

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Gonzobanker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

With megabanks spending billions on digital investments each year, regional and community bank executives understand they cannot compete on resources. Instead, these players are focusing on specific niches, brand strategies and community connections to differentiate themselves.

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