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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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DECEMBER 12, 2019

The drop clashes with a 20-basis-point increase in the Chinese smartphone market. And beyond China, KeyBanc Capital Markets wrote that the iPhone 11 was also a popular model in North America and Western Europe. percent overall market decline,” wrote UBS Analyst Timothy Arcuri. One month’s data may not paint the whole story.

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APRIL 23, 2019

In technology, especially when it comes to consumer-focused technology, Apple is viewed as a disruptive force. but Apple has made itself indispensable across many verticals. The digital card will be linked to Apple Pay. Apple Card is set to be available starting this summer. A New Normal? The Incentives Question.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Yesterday, that was Apple, who managed to beat analyst estimates on every number that matters as its fiscal fourth-quarter numbers hit the wires. They also managed to surprise those analysts, since Apple was widely expected to post lackluster iPhone sales due to the somewhat unusual 2017 device rollout schedule. Apple notched $52.6

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JULY 16, 2018

Apple is struggling in its efforts to boost market share in India, with Bloomberg reporting that the firm had lost key executives in the country in recent weeks. What’s more, Bloomberg reported Apple is restructuring its team of sales people in India. The news comes as Apple is having a tough time selling its iPhones.

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JANUARY 3, 2019

Apple ‘s lowered revenue guidance for the first quarter may not be enough, warned Wall Street firm Goldman Sachs, which said on Thursday (Jan. According to a report in CNBC , citing a research note that Analyst Rod Hall sent to clients, the analyst warned that shares of Apple, which are under pressure in trading, can fall further.

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MARCH 5, 2018

For overall iPhone sales, JPMorgan now expects Apple to ship 52 million units, lower than the past guidance for 55 million units in the first quarter. The call out of JPMorgan comes as Apple is struggling with the iPhone X in China , a huge market for the company and one in which it has struggled.

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JULY 24, 2018

Coverage includes eBay entering a new relationship with Apple Pay, MoneyGram and Visa announcing a new P2P partnership, Amazon expanding its Whole Foods Market delivery service to new Florida and New York markets, Synovus Financial acquiring FCB Financial Holdings and Ford Motor Co. ebay Brings in Apple Pay.

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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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FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Apple ’s iPhone X may be doing well in the U.S., but its price tag of $999 and up might be hurting demand in some of the largest Asian markets. The newspaper pointed out that in both India and Indonesia, the market share of Apple devices has remained flat since 2013.

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MAY 27, 2016

Apple Pay has secured some more support abroad in one of its newest markets. Global Payments , a provider of payment technology services, has thrown its support behind Apple Pay in order to help propel Apple Pay’s in-store acceptance in the region. Young, SVP of global product and innovation.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2017

While Apple’s recent earnings report blew most analysts’ estimates out of the water, showing major growth and record revenues, there was one region in the world in particular where Apple didn’t feel the love in the quarter that ended Dec. China is an important market for Apple, contributing some 20.7

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AUGUST 19, 2019

There is lots of motion in the markets, with Apple officially moving into the world of being a card issuer (with mixed reviews), Venmo making moves on the bank account and Google Pay breaking up with Visa Checkout as a payments button. Apple’s Expensive Card. More than 64 percent of U.S. Visa Checkout Gets Ready to Check Out.

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APRIL 24, 2019

Goldman Sachs is predicting that tech giant Apple will sell fewer than the 67 million units Wall Street expects it to, according to a report by CNBC. Goldman Sachs Analyst Rod Hall rated the company as neutral, and advised his clients that Apple will probably not meet unit sales and average selling price estimates later in the year. “We

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MAY 21, 2019

Banking service Monese now offers Apple Pay through 13 countries in Europe , as the digital payment service has also arrived at National Australia Bank (NAB). retailer Iceland has seen encouraging results from a mobile wallet technology pilot during a marketing campaign. Users who reside in Belgium, the U.K., And in the U.K.,

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MAY 11, 2016

Apple’s losses are Android’s gains. At least that’s the case in two of their largest smartphone markets — China and Europe — where Android continues to cut into Apple’s market share. percent market share, and in the U.S. percent of the smartphone market, up from 6.9 percent to 75.6

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

It wasn’t easy for Tim Cook to get Apple Pay into China, but his company was finally able to make that vision a reality last week (Feb. Now, however, new details have surfaced as to why China’s banks were finally ready to jump on the Apple Pay bandwagon. What the sources indicate is that Apple will get.07 In the U.S.,

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JULY 8, 2016

Apple isn’t resting on its laurels when it comes to expanding its mobile payment service beyond the U.S. The company announced Thursday (July 7) that Apple Pay has officially entered the Switzerland market. . to start accepting Apple Pay as a payment method. According to Reuters, Apple Pay usage volume was $10.9

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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 27, 2016

Apple’s earnings calls tend to give analysts bits and pieces of its products’ progress but never really the whole meal. That’s what happened yesterday (April 26) during Apple’s second quarter earnings call. Apple CEO Tim Cook threw out new Apple Pay user stats — but in a way that gave little context or details.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

European tech firm Aave is rolling out its Aave Pay app, online travel firm Cleartrip has brought Apple Pay to its mobile app in Saudi Arabia and Elavon has been selected by Canada’s Jetlines for payment services. And, in Saudi Arabia , online travel firm Cleartrip has brought Apple Pay to its mobile app, TradeArabia reported.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

In Europe, the continued evolution of data policies and regulation now point toward a single market across the Continent. As reported mid week, the European Commission is planning a single European market for data , in hopes that by pooling talent, the region can compete with Big Tech in Silicon Valley and China.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Consumers reportedly have downloaded one million mini programs since their launch in early 2017 — that’s just less than half the size of the Apple App Store. According to one recent estimate , consumers globally in the third quarter of 2018 downloaded 29 million apps from Apple and Google app stores, up 10 percent year over year.

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APRIL 20, 2016

Apple hasn’t exactly been shy about evangelizing its payment platform to anyone willing to listen, and a new Apple Pay expansion proves that it’ll cross geographic and language barriers to do it. ” If the Singapore expansion resembles other areas Apple Pay has moved into, more partnering banks will join over time.

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JUNE 2, 2016

While the goal of Apple, Samsung or Google is all about getting consumers to pay via a phone (or watch), the fact that consumers are getting familiar with the tap and pay at the POS habit — and that it’s increasingly available at the places they like to shop — is what these players hope is an important first step toward mobile payments the NFC way.

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OCTOBER 19, 2017

Apple is like a glamorous celebrity who seems to have it all together but, beneath the shimmering screen of makeup and high fashion, is actually falling apart. One user in Taiwan said the new iPhone split open while charging normally, using an Apple-issued cable, after five days of use. Two reports came out of the U.K. Access Granted.

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It’s also an area where the big six or other retailers won’t play this year, focusing instead on regional and national media. And it comes during a year where local advertising is available and strategically viable. Now, the where. This is most likely the last year that social media targeting will be accessible to SMBs.

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But it doesn’t matter how spectacular your marketing campaign is if it’s not reaching the right people—or anyone, for that matter. In a 2019 Marketing Evolution survey, 37% of marketing professionals said their organization experienced wasted marketing spend—roughly 21 cents in every dollar.

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AUGUST 2, 2018

A certain amount of intellectual satisfaction — irony, perhaps — came from the conference call Wednesday (July 31) for Apple ’s latest earnings report. In it, CEO Tim Cook credited much of Apple Pay’s recent growth to its increasing use in mass transit. Visit a major U.S. OK, that might be an exaggeration. Contactless Reality.

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OCTOBER 14, 2019

In non-iPhone Apple news, last month the tech company introduced a “grace period” for lapses in app store subscriptions. Apple’s grace period can last for six or 16 days, depending on whether the subscription duration is weekly, monthly or longer. Emerging Markets . It’s best to prevent involuntary churn before it happens.

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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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OCTOBER 27, 2017

India has overtaken the United States to become the world’s second largest smartphone market. According to news from a report by Canalys , smartphone shipments in India grew 23 percent year over year in Q3 2017 to reach just over 40 million units, making the country the world’s second largest smartphone market after China.

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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. Then the marketers must promote that message to both existing and potential customers.

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MAY 30, 2018

Amazon , Google and Apple are all gunning to become the biggest name in the global smart speaker market, but Russia is one country that has been more or less left alone by the international tech giants. Taking Ownership Of Its Market. To be fair, Russia has seen some movement from foreign tech players. Go Ask Alice.

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MARCH 2, 2020

The plans came from the “high demand” in the region for i2c services, the release states. I’ve been aware of i2c’s growing presence in the region and of their well-deserved reputation for client responsiveness and delivering innovation to market incredibly fast,” Khan said in the release.

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

I think in terms of market recognition, 2020 was the breakout year — [and] in terms of commercial adoption, 2021 will be more like it,” Harris said. The payments market has experienced a surge of new players, a number of them consisting of digital-first firms taking their first steps in payments processing. Trackers And Reports .

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NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The meeting would include marquee names such as Facebook, Apple, Alphabet and several others. Finance , the call would be held by Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton, who oversees the regulation of digital activities, and would focus on the Digital Services Act (DSA). 24 to Dec 2. As noted by Yahoo!

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