PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

You’re blowing up on social media for all the wrong reasons. And to top it off, you have a major product extension on the books with millions in media behind it. What we don’t know is whether or not the retailers that will sell this — or any product for that matter — will be hit domestically by fear of being in public places.

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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

OCTOBER 2, 2020

AndroidAuthority.com reported last month that Spotify might still be the biggest music streaming platform in the world, but Apple Music is nipping at its heels. Since 2015, Apple has grown to more than 70 million subscribers , the website reported. Apple Music offers more than 50 million songs available on the cloud.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

That’s a bad moon rising for some Big Data operators. In the middle are the consumers whose data fuels eCommerce, social media and basically the entire internet as we know it. It won’t be easy, and some players see it as ultimately handing even more market-making power to Google, Apple and Facebook.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Those who travel to some of the wealthier parts of the world, however, will discover the well-to-do have much more expensive unattended retail tastes. shoppers got their own taste of unattended luxury retail when vending machines dispensing caviar were installed in several Los Angeles-area malls. A few years ago, U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Kering is gearing up to offer its own luxury eCommerce sites within the next two years, ending existing joint-venture efforts and bringing such operations in house, reported Reuters. The company will work with Apple on apps, said MarketWatch. The apps will be used by sales assistants to scan their inventories.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

He also noted that Amazon has invested in excess of $10 billion in “COVID-19 related operating costs” since the pandemic began. The executive said that the retailer will keep taking on the extra expenses without increasing charges until June 1, 2021. Facebook Calls Out New Apple App Privacy Policy.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Over the course of years, Facebook reportedly enabled some of the world’s biggest tech companies to access the personal data of users — which amounted to the social media giant exempting some businesses from the privacy rules its customers thought they were protected under.

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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 The Media/Commerce Connection. That’s what Rich Aberman, co-founder of WePay , predicts.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The operation found it was doing its best work when it was able to educate its customers, and the best way to accomplish that aim was to have a direct outlet to them. To make a purchase, consumers can come up to the device, swipe their cards (or tap with Apple Pay or Google Pay), and select their choice. Automated Retail Innovation.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2016

We were thrilled to report that the health of those businesses that line the side streets and main streets of Any Town, USA are not only healthy and growing but making the local economies in which they operate healthy, too. But now that we know why, hopefully, big retail can get to work on fixing the problem. Private Label Cards.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2019

In an interview that springboarded the findings of the Retail Innovation Readiness Index , published late last year, Nicky Koopman, vice president of content and value-added services at AEVI , stated that when it comes to apps, one maxim holds true: One size does not fit all. Laying The Groundwork. Ah, but how to get there?

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The operation found it was doing its best work when it was able to educate its customers, and the best way to accomplish that aim was to have a direct outlet to them. To make a purchase, consumers can come up to the device, swipe their cards (or tap with Apple Pay or Google Pay), and select their choice. Automated Retail Innovation.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2018

Meanwhile, retailers are scrambling to develop and translate the personalized experience consumers desire into digital features for these devices, using data as well as artificial intelligence and augmented reality. The financial services company recently debuted a new partnership with Russian phone operator and telecom provider MegaFon.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Presto Eats operates on a direct-to-consumer (D2C) model, and its products are sent on a weekly delivery schedule. To pay for their meals, shoppers can use PayPal, Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Apple Pay. The Service. All of our meal kits freeze really well,” Chong said. The Market.

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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2019

Businesses of a certain size — and in industries as varied as construction and restaurants — know the pain of wondering if they will have enough capital to fund operations, inventory, expansion and other mission-critical business activities. Citi Said ‘Thanks, But No Thanks’ To The Apple Card. PayPal Hits $10B SMB Lending Milestone.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2017

With this addition, each of the Frightful Five will have its own voice-controlled speaker: Amazon with its Echo family of devices; Google with the Home speaker; Apple with its new HomePod; Microsoft with the Cortana-powered Invoke speaker; and now, Alibaba, with its as-yet unnamed voice assistant and device. Alibaba isn’t just a copycat.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Similarly, industry and society are moving on to new experiences in futuristic online “worlds” with functioning economies where real-world and virtual events commingle in an evolution of social media-style community offering safety from COVID and, increasingly, commerce. More competition may change that.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2018

Walmart wants to develop a stronger name for itself as a lifestyle brand, and a richer reputation for having a social media presence. Retailers typically use syndicated content, but it’s very canned,” said Leah Logan, VP of media products and community growth for Collective Bias, a content services provider working with Walmart.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2017

When it comes to chatbots, the available outlets for them reside in the cloud, resulting in text-based bots and voice-activated bots like Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri and Google’s Home. Within the past year alone, Facebook has been a major player in slowly working its way to improve the way businesses think about chatbots.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

While beauty conglomerates like L’Oréal are making acquisitions to become more tech-enabled, tech giants like Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple (GAFA) are pursuing the high margins in beauty through partnerships, consumer insights, e-commerce, and more. Amazon’s next big move could be in beauty retail.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

We started to really think about how [we] not only simplify integration and onboarding, but [how to] better manage operations on an ongoing basis,” he said. “We That checkout experience is powered on the backend by PayPal via its retail partnership program. Instagram and PayPal Pair Up for Instacommerce. eBay Drafts Google Pay.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Alphabet’s stock took a drubbing, and remains down after they reported a decline in the prices it charged advertisers, coupled with the increase in the cost of paying partners to distribute its search engine – some $9 billion to Apple alone , it’s been reported. Apple … and the iPhone Customer.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2019

Larger merchants appear to be better prepared than the roughly 800,000 smaller ones operating across the continent. Retail Sales: Rally 1.6 Apple will once again be using Qualcomm modem chips and there’s also a six-year patent license in place. And lots of declined transactions, which leads to hordes of disgruntled consumers.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

The total combined value of the Frightful Five — Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft — is indeed a frightful amount, most recently tallied at $3.3 It can be difficult for grocers to profit from online sales of inexpensive retail products, and the marketplace’s 15 percent seller fee wasn’t helping. The company saw $10.3

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

As Mahoney noted, the pandemic has transformed the way businesses operate and reach their consumer. The digital wallets, through Google and Apple, he said, offer a way for merchants to let consumers translate and convert whatever points they’re managing directly onto a POS and gain control over their rewards.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Even with technology’s increasing influence on retail banking, it’s not typical for a community bank to have one of its most senior and trusted executives concentrate primarily on leading consumer product and payments innovation. Retail offices: 85. But then again, Rockland Trust Co. is not typical. Alex Jimenez. Rockland Trust Co.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2018

With platforms such as Slice, pizzeria owners can compete with the larger players through a mobile-optimized website and tools that enable customers to place orders through social media channels. Mobile wallets such as Apple Pay and Android Pay are also accepted. A Pizza Button. The Whole Pie.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

In a recent PYMNTS interview , CEO Gabriel Weinberg talked about how his company raised $10 million in fresh capital — only the second funding round for the 10-year-old, Pennsylvania-based operation — and has plans to better promote itself to a global audience, while also offering other privacy protection technology.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2019

It was bulky, the screen interactivity was buggy and – most critics noted – the Windows XP operating system worked wonderfully for desktop computers, but was a bad fit on a tablet, and mostly served to make it slow. That time lag also let Apple build up a veritable army of developers chomping at the bit to build for the iPad at its release.

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Long Lasting Ideas

JANUARY 5, 2015

In the age of Apple Pay, Google Wallet, and online banking, the old assumptions are shattered. According to The Economist and a survey by Accenture, less than a third of 18-to-24-year olds believe their bank operates in a fair and transparent manner. Conservative bankers might dismiss social media. Don’t.

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Tomorrow's Transactions

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

In particular, I said that I thought that retailers would be quick to take advantage of the possibilities here, but I also mentioned messaging and social networks. From Finextra: Lenddo delves into credit card applicants’ social media data ]. This latter case is one that I have discussed a couple of times before.

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NCR

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Given the nature of technology and consumer habits in the retail banking sector today, one of the big challenges for financial institutions is identifying and applying usable insights from the ever-expanding array of customer data available. How to improve your customer understanding.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 16, 2019

The Crystal City, Virginia HQ2 plans are still underway, as are plans for a new operations hub in Nashville. The coin will not be for retail customers, and is currently being tested for internal use by institutional customers looking to move large sums of money. Apple’s Bid to Save the News (Over the Protests of Many News Outlets).

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Want a nod to the power of a message – to the power of social media? The eCommerce company, which sells iPhone and iPads, serves both the B2B and B2C arenas, and is one of the only authorized retailers for the aforementioned Apple products, said Bloomberg. Bloomberg reported Friday (Sept. Bloomberg reported Friday (Sept.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2019

One of the most recent examples of that movement comes from Walmart , the venerable retail chain locked in mortal combat with Amazon, and Green Dot, the 20-year-old payment services provider that has managed to not only survive in a cutthroat industry, but innovate and thrive. Retail FinTech Trends. Omnichannel Power.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Chinese electronics company Xiaomi rolled out its first smartwatch dubbed the Mi Watch, which is said to look similar to the Apple Watch. The firm is competing with Apple for the lead position in the market for wearables, according to reports. The smartwatch also includes calendar reminders, social media updates and more. .

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