PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Social media platforms are infested with phonies, and not just your best friend’s irritating co-worker (although he totally is). This is about the fact that fake identities comprise 25 percent of new social media accounts created every day, and that 53 percent of all social media logins are fraudulent , according to a recent study.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Amazon takes another swing at Etsy, Apple catches up in the proprietary Pay game and Facebook matriculates a new generation of social media users with its new Messenger product for kids — this and more of the latest news from the Frightful Five, just in case you missed it. Andromeda was one of the oldest malwares on the market.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

The Apple event, heavy on subscription commerce offerings, took place at time when the company is trying to find more revenue from services given recent stumbles with iPhone sales — a move that seems to be pleasing at least some investors lately. Magazine Subscriptions. One selling point of this service?

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

A new survey has found that big retailers like Apple and Nike are losing favor in China, as consumers are showing a preference towards local brands. Chinese brands have been better at leveraging social media to reach out to shoppers in China,” said Catherine Lim, a Bloomberg Intelligence analyst. There’s a stronger buzz.”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2020

The social media company has indicated that the Access Act, a proposed data portability law, is a first move in the right direction. The news comes as a new Indian equalization measure came into existence in 2020 that puts a 2 percent tax on every digital transaction that foreign online shopping firms conduct.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The Facebook investigation by the FTC is close to being done after beginning last year, and it could lead to a lawsuit for the social media giant's habit of buying up rival social media companies like Instagram and WhatsApp that gain steam.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2020

Facebook Inc’s top executives could be required to testify before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as the regulator investigates whether the California-based social media conglomerate has violated U.S. The company has emerged as a dominant player in the nation’s digital advertising market. billion global users.

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Bank Innovation

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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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2020

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Sundar Pichai are now scheduled to appear before a Congressional subcommittee exploring competitive practices among Big Tech Wednesday (July 29) instead of Monday (July 27) as originally planned. The proceedings should be available for live online viewing.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2021

Legislators in the European Union have informed Alphabet , Facebook , Apple and Amazon that they are open to delaying a potential hearing beyond Feb. The two proposals serve one purpose: to make sure that we, as users, have access to a wide choice of safe products and services online. 1, its initially scheduled date, Reuters reported.

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NCR

APRIL 1, 2016

Articles via #BankSocial Media Conference Blog, PYMNTS.com, Clapway . 3 ways to safely engage bank employees on social media: As more companies are implementing social media into their marketing strategies, #BankSocial shares three ways to engage bank employees while still being safe online.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Looks like the digital advertising and marketing sectors are in for a reckoning. How that will affect merchants’ online promotional activity hangs in the balance. In the middle are the consumers whose data fuels eCommerce, social media and basically the entire internet as we know it. Merchants Waiting It Out.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2018

In fact, the old-fashioned form of outdoor advertising is winning over digital marketing heavyweights and finding ways to thrive in the online world. Amid data sharing and online privacy controversies, Facebook recently promoted on billboards what Bloomberg called the social media operator’s “new approach to user safety and privacy.”

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Study: More People Fall Prey To Fraudsters Online Than By Phone. A new study shows that social media and online marketplace scams are much more successful than phone scams. Apple – Phone Home. PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster takes a deep dive into Apple’s new streaming service and its broader financial implications. .

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Perficient

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

If it’s more than 10 minutes for an online/website process or more than five minutes for a mobile process, the abandonment rate impacts account openings as much as 40%. How many clicks does it take to open an online account? What information is easily obtainable via social media, making it less useful for KYC and security purposes?

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2017

Tencent, the Chinese mobile games and social media company, is gearing up to increase its investments in online payments, cloud services and artificial intelligence. The comments came as the Chinese company posted its best-ever quarterly results, thanks to smartphone games, online payments and advertising. billion yuan.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

For fitness aficionados and those just looking to get in a workout, several online platforms have emerged to help them bring home the gym experience. Forster also allows those who are interested in joining the platform to send the company a note, and some trainers have reached out via social media.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2018

Given that the average American checks his Facebook page some 14 times a day, the social media giant’s decision to expand into online dating is less than shocking. Smartwatches are starting to gain traction with consumers, but players not named “Apple” are working overtime to really ignite.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg; Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos; Google’s early leaders Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt; and Apple CEO Tim Cook were among those reportedly named in the requests, The Wall Street Journal reported. In separate news, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is in the process of defining how U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

By 2020, Kering will bring full control of its luxury brands online through its own internal activities, which include building tech teams, said Reuters. The company will work with Apple on apps, said MarketWatch. Online sales were about 6 percent of Kering’s 6.4

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2019

government is working with state attorneys general to probe online platforms for possible antitrust violations, Reuters reported on Tuesday (Aug. While the DOJ never mentioned any company by name, its concerns are aligned with Google search, Facebook’s dominance in social media and Amazon’s position as the country’s eCommerce leader. “We

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2017

According to Fortune , before Tencent, all of the top 10 most valuable public companies were American and did worldwide business, with the list including Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Berkshire Hathaway, Exxon Mobil, Johnson & Johnson, JPMorgan and Microsoft. billion in revenue from payments last year.

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PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2019

Representatives from Amazon , Apple , Facebook and Google are scheduled to appear before the House Antitrust Subcommittee. The subcommittee revealed that it would “examine the impact of market power of online platforms on innovation and entrepreneurship.”.

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2019

With the digital identity market expected to reach $15 billion by 2024, major ID providers such as Google and Apple are racing to improve the identity verification experience. Apple announced its own digital ID program, Sign In with Apple, at its recent Worldwide Developers Conference.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

In some cases, retailers are using social media tools such as Instagram to post promotions and product tutorials — or interact openly with consumers about their offerings. That mindset “is becoming increasingly necessary if retailers want to remain competitive in the market,” the index found. Just under half — or 45.9

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PYMNTS

MARCH 23, 2020

That is why there are so few additions to the list of all-time classics like “Just Do It,” “Think Different” and “I’m Lovin’ It” — odds are you just thought of Nike, Apple and McDonald’s for a split second upon reading those slogans, whether or not you’ve personally experienced their respective shoes, electronics or Big Macs.

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PYMNTS

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. And the same share of consumers — 84 percent — had a positive experience with online or app ordering.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2019

The idea started in the B2C world, but it wasn’t long before online sellers were asking about the use of point-of-sale financing for B2B — at least according to Chris Tsai, co-founder and CEO of Resolve, an Affirm spin-off, in an in-depth PYMNTS interview earlier this week. Is Apple Card Already Changing Payments? Fun, Odd and Edgy.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2020

But, he noted, these consumers also have been raised on a more refined version of the retail experience by way of players like Apple, Tesla and other forward thinkers — and it is that hands-on experience they’ve come to enjoy and appreciate as an extension of their digital commerce journeys. “As

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2018

Native commerce is where Aberman believes all platforms are headed — and that’s not just true for software developers like Apple, Google and Microsoft, but also for social media platforms like Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram. “In It’ll be commerce in context of where you spend your time, whether physically or online.”.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2020

The drop in the stock market has led some banks to run out of big bills as clients reportedly arrived take as much money out of their accounts as they could. Tom Brady announced on social media that he won’t sign with the Patriots for the 2020 season after two decades with the team.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Nike’s digital engagement goes beyond merely selling products online. For instance, the firm generated more than seven billion brand impressions and 400 million social engagements worldwide on social media during the latest quarter. Maybe it’s apples that don't even have bruises, but. That’s interesting to me.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2020

Keepsake accepts major credit cards or Apple Pay for payment and uses Stripe on the backend. Keepsake’s target market, Weiss noted, is anyone who has an interest in either gifting or decorating with photos. Like many companies, Keepsake reaches its market through social media. Payments and Logistics.

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MyBankTracker

JULY 30, 2020

Firstrade is one online brokerage you might consider for commission-free trades. Compared to other online brokerages like Vanguard or Fidelity, Firstrade manages to be highly competitive with its low fees. Compared to other online brokerages like Vanguard or Fidelity, Firstrade manages to be highly competitive with its low fees.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2018

Through platforms such as Slice , small pizzerias can tap into technology that allows their customers to order pizza online for pickup or delivery — just like the larger national chains. Digital orders for local pizzerias is a largely untapped market. Mobile wallets such as Apple Pay and Android Pay are also accepted.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

The Edelman Trust Barometer shows that public confidence in search engines and social media platforms fell 11 percentage points from 2017 and 2018. Apple — like Google — faces mounting criticism over how it’s handled government censorship in China. Apple: Director of privacy compliance.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2016

market do not have: the need for offline authorization. Overall, this subset of the SMB market, some 3.4 Big Retail’s Online Checkout Conversions. We uncovered four big blind spots that cause big retailers to crash and burn at online checkout – you can get the whole story here. And, that’s not all the good news.

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