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Apple extends prepaid debit card reach

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Adding a virtual card number feature “is about giving options to consumers when retailers do not support Apple Pay,” Creative Strategies President Carolina Milanesi said.

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Apple Resumes Operation Of All China Retail Locations

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After it was forced to shutter its retail locations in China because of the spread of COVID-19, Apple Inc. Apple has been slowly reopening the locations, with 38 of the 42 shops open for business as of last week. Apple also had to shutter all of its Italy locations amid coronavirus fears.

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Apple To Reopen Approximately 100 US Retail Locations

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Apple , which runs 510 retail locations throughout the globe, intends to open roughly 100 U.S. The technology company will have approximately 130 of 271 Apple Stores in the country open by this week’s conclusion, CNBC reported. Apple’s locations, for their part, many times anchor key shopping centers or areas.).

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Apple Buys Mobeewave For $100M

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Apple has purchased Canadian company Mobeewave , which will allow it to create mobile pay hubs out of iPhones, Bloomberg reported. The acquisition follows Apple’s pattern of buying startups to assimilate new technology into its own products. The deal went down for $100 million, according to sources quoted by Bloomberg.

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Retail Chain Target Opens Mobile Wallet for Apple, Android

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Target is the latest retailer to open a mobile wallet service of its own, following in the steps of fellow chains Walmart and CVS. Target announced yesterday that the mobile payment service, simply called “Wallet,” is an add-on to the Target app for both Apple and Android users. The service allows Target shoppers to pay […].

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Apple Pay Trending Up as Target, Other Retailers Add Payment Option

Bank Innovation

Apple Pay was trending across social media today on news the payment option will soon be accepted at Target, Taco Bell and other major U.S. According to Apple, 74 of the top 100 U.S. merchants now accept Apple Pay. The company touted the service’s ease of use, security and speed at the register. But […].

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Apple Pay Eyeing QR Code Transactions

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Apple Pay users may soon be able to use a feature in the Wallet app to make payments by scanning a QR code. Since its launch, Apple Pay transactions at brick-and-mortar retailers relied on NFC and an iPhone near the payment terminal to make a contactless purchase. AppleInsider reported the U.S.

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