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OCTOBER 25, 2019

We have deep, data-supported dives on Apple Pay, the outlooks for payments innovation in the 2020s, web sales taxes and Amazon’s holiday shopping season news. What Apple Pay At Five Says About The Future Of Mobile POS Payments. Ten Years Of Payments Innovation And Reinvention. The 2018 South Dakota v.

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JUNE 15, 2016

In my university days overseas, H&M was… Read more The big Apple to square off against online payment giants. Devoid as we have been for some time down under of fast fashion, the past few years have seen a flood of global retailers open on our high streets, including Zara, Gap, Uniqlo and Forever 21 to name a few.

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JULY 29, 2020

and a can-do spirit), a country that rewards ambition and innovation — and where individual success stories of, say Google and Amazon customers are folded into the testimony in efforts to show how tech can help smaller firms pivot and embrace the great digital shift. And then there are the unscripted moments. Experiments — And Trust .

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NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Remember how Apple joined the growing number of merchants refusing to offer Black Friday deals last year? The company announced yesterday, on a special section on its website, that it will offer a one-day, online-only sales event this Friday. Well, the deals are back, but not in a way you’d expect. Read More.

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DECEMBER 18, 2018

New technology continues to change the way consumers order and pay for quick-service restaurant (QSR) food: Kiosks and online ordering, among other experiences, let consumers ditch the counter for faster and higher-tech alternatives. Not all digital innovations are perceived by consumers the same way, however. out of 100. out of 100.

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JULY 29, 2019

The rise of video games, both online and mobile, is helping to drive innovation in retail. This is only part of the innovation trend stemming from video games. Consumers are buying Tilly’s products online, as digital growth was up 22 percent in 2018. Apple has stiff rivals in the gaming market. Larger Trends.

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OCTOBER 6, 2020

Apple has announced a new product launch on Oct. The phones will likely have sharper edges around the corners, like the Apple iPad Air and iPad Pro. Leading Apple Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said the design will be similar to that of the iPhone, with some having 5.4-inch inch screens. a month, which would cover family members as well.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Video games are helping to drive retail innovation and growth, and that includes the hot area of subscription commerce. This is only part of the innovation trend stemming from video games. Consumers are buying Tilly’s products online, as digital growth was up 22 percent in 2018.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

Smaller companies were the focus of innovation in the commercial card space this week thanks to new cards designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). This week’s commercial card innovation tracker includes the launch of business cards by American Express and Amazon in addition to one by Wyndham Hotel & Resorts and Barclays.

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AUGUST 29, 2017

Apple issued an official statement today stating that its mainland Chinese users will now be able to use WeChat Pay for purchases made on the App Store and for Apple Music products. The WeChat Pay function will not require the use of a password. Instead, consumers will be able to confirm their identity with fingerprints, […].

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APRIL 3, 2019

According to a report in Reuters , Goldman Sachs is looking to hire engineers to join a digital innovation program. Marcus , its online banking platform, has accrued $45 billion in deposits spanning the U.K., The engineers would receive $100,000 in compensation along with access to Goldman Sachs’ API.

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JULY 27, 2017

users send money transfers via Apple Pay. International money transmitting startup TransferWise updated its iOS app for iPhone and iPad users yesterday, adding the capability for users to send international transfers using Apple’s namesake mobile wallet service Apple Pay. British fintech TransferWise will now let U.S.

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APRIL 17, 2018

As Apple seeks to bring in more revenue from online services and content, the tech company plans to integrate the technology behind Texture into its Apple News mobile app and develop a premium magazine subscription offering, Bloomberg reported. Following the acquisition, Apple reportedly cut approximately 20 jobs from Texture.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2020

We have deep dives on digital payments, online ordering and memberships. Weak iPhone Sales Cost Apple Nearly Half a Trillion Dollars in Market Cap . NEW DATA: Five Payments Innovations for Winning the Digital-First Shopper. From Online Ordering to Cupcake ATMs: How Sprinkles Prepared for the Pandemic.

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

Earlier this week, it was announced that both Apple Pay and Masterpass are now integrated into MTA’s eTix, meaning that the millions who use the MTA trains to get into and out of New York City every day can purchase tickets digitally. The announcement was made yesterday and changes went into effect today. Masterpass Read More.

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AUGUST 14, 2017

There seems to be an awful lot of piling on these days on the big online platforms. It’s an inspiring story — and one that gets many an innovator out of bed to fight the good startup fight, even in the face of insurmountable odds. When Amazon was just about selling books online, its competition was the physical bookstore.

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AUGUST 7, 2020

Apple Buys Mobeewave for $100M. Apple has purchased Canadian company Mobeewave, which will allow it to create mobile pay hubs out of iPhones. Barrons: Online Lender Kabbage Shopping for Buyers. Report: Skillz Takes Bowling Online — And Strikes Out Bad Actors (Digital Identity Tracker) . Trackers and Reports.

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APRIL 5, 2017

The Apple Pay universe just keeps on expanding—this time, it’s to international money transfers. iOS users will now be able to use Apple Pay for their payments when sending money transfers with global payments provider Western Union, the companies announced today.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

EXCLUSIVE— Apple will continue to widen the reach of its mobile payment service Apple Pay by adding new ecommerce capabilities and bringing the feature to new countries, CEO Tim Cook said during yesterday’s earnings call.

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JANUARY 28, 2021

The use of Apple Pay, Google Pay and other digital wallets has also been on the upswing since the start of the pandemic. The following Deep Dive examines the interest in contactless payments among credit union members and the opportunity for the CU space to meet members’ changing payment needs through digital innovation.

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JULY 12, 2018

Apple Pay has had this feature with Uber for over a year. PayPal-owned Venmo today announced it inked a partnership with Uber that lets its users pay the ride share company through their Venmo accounts. The Venmo feature is not available yet. It will be rolled out to Uber and Uber Eats customers over the […].

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Two hundred and seventy-four years later, those words are the perfect framework for understanding what will define the next decade of innovation in payments and any ecosystem that touches it. Sometimes those innovations disrupted old models and players; other times they made them better and more efficient. The Invisible Innovators .

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FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Amid great technological change, health and beauty retailers are developing strategies to drive innovation. And many retailers are heeding the call: According to the PYMNTS Retail Innovation Readiness Index , 60 percent of health and beauty merchants are focusing on innovation. About the same share — or 60.9

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

Vestager has said the injunctions would be more widely deployed as antitrust investigations continue into Google, Amazon and Apple, among others. “If 6), such actions could crimp the horizontal expansion of online platforms, where growth and addition of ancillary services is critical to the development of the connected economy.

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

“Millions of people share creative content or advertise their small business’ goods online,” the British government said in a press release. Apple Faces $12M Fine Over iPhone Marketing. Apple, Amazon Have Not Joined French ‘Tech For Good Call’ Program. However, Amazon and Apple were reportedly not included.

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DECEMBER 4, 2018

Coverage includes France’s Natixis Payments bringing Apple Pay to users of Apetiz at restaurants and retailers. France’s Natixis Payments is bringing Apple Pay to users of Apetiz for payments at affiliated restaurants and retailers, Natixis said in an announcement.

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MARCH 24, 2017

It’s worked for Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and WeChat so far. In fact, Starbucks is planning to keep up the momentum of its WeChat gifting feature — introduced in February — launching a social gifting feature for Apple’s iMessage. Why build your own network for your IoT products, when you could just partner with Starbucks?

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

EXCLUSIVE – Green Dot has leveraged its bank-as-a-service in deals with both Apple and Intuit. The company announced on its earnings call yesterday that it was powering the newly announced Apple Pay Cash P2P payment service, as well as offering a prepaid card to customers of Intuit’s TurboTax software.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Connected devices are becoming ingrained in consumer shopping habits: More than 50 percent of shoppers made online purchases in seven of 13 product or service categories in the past seven days, according to the PYMNTS How We Will Pay Report , while 20 percent went online with mobile apps to buy food to eat at home.

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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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APRIL 7, 2020

But the numbers tell a tale, and recent stats in the March 2020 Credit Union Innovation Index show the need for CUs to step up their efforts to innovate. Incumbent and legacy FIs, as well as tech startups such as Apple, have made the financial lives of consumers more convenient, said Fagan. percent to a recent 21.9

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OCTOBER 18, 2018

Banks need not fear large technology companies like Google or Apple taking their business. Digital banking continues to be the most convenient option for simple daily transactions, but branches are still necessary for the more complex ones And yet banks should not ignore the shift in banking habits brought on by non-bank technology companies.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Why Invisible Will Make 2020’s Payments Innovation Roar. Two hundred and seventy-four years later, those words are the perfect framework for understanding what will define the next decade of innovation in payments and any ecosystem that touches it. Report: The Risky Business Of Navigating Online Sales Tax For Merchants.

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AUGUST 1, 2018

Apple Pay crossed one billion transactions in the quarter ending on June 30, CEO Tim Cook said on the Cupertino-based company’s earnings call yesterday. That number, Cook said, represents three times the transaction number in the same quarter last year.

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MARCH 27, 2019

That Apple events are tightly produced headline magnets is nothing new. At an Apple device event, seeing all four hanging around the Steve Jobs auditorium is perhaps not quite par for the course — but it’s far from extraordinary, or even really all that surprising. billion apple device owners inside of it. No price was given.

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AUGUST 14, 2020

In payment methods, Circle K announced a cashierless checkout pilot as convenience stores advance retail innovations. And in education, Google and Apple are facilitating students’ return to class with the help of technology. All this, Today in Data. 7.3K: Minimum number of Circle K stores in operation in the U.S.

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JUNE 27, 2016

At launch, the service was positioned as an innovative replacement for a well-entrenched standard considered not well-suited for a mobile and digital world. This, everyone, is the Apple Pay story, 20 months post-launch. . We now have observations every quarter since the launch of Apple Pay.

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