PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

With most of Apple ’s retail stores remaining closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the tech giant is introducing a new hub to streamline the shop-from-home experience. The new portal offers an enhanced user experience (UX) that enables people to chat with tech specialists and learn more about contactless delivery options.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2020

As instances of the coronavirus increase in Texas, Apple will shutter seven of its Houston-vicinity retail locations once again. Apple closed shops again in North Carolina, Florida, Arizona and South Carolina last week for like rationale, and has reportedly re-shuttered a total of 18 retail locations across the U.S. “We

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2016

The answer, as it turns out, may actually lie within merchant eCommerce experiences rather than the wallets themselves. The 23 percent of users trying Apple Pay in June 2016 represents an upward trend instead of the decreasing percentage revealed in the two previous PYMNTS Apple Pay studies. Importance of nailing UX.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2017

Retail is a dog-eat-dog world, operating at times on the thinnest of margins. There are so many levers to engage consumers” in rewards, said Wind, and whether it is tied specifically to a card or merchant, additional leverage can come through email marketing campaigns or percentage-off programs at retailers. credit cards, 1.3

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Celent Banking

OCTOBER 10, 2016

There’s still plenty of fragmentation in the market : Android is an open system utilizing Host Card Emulation (HCE), while Apple is a closed system using a secure element. While the system is safer than traditional cards, the perception that it’s less safe is keeping many users from adopting it.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 10, 2017

For the non-exited companies — Robinhood, Acorns, Stash, and Credit Karma — we looked at which apps had the highest rates of user growth and what’s driving expansion. At the time of acquisition, it had 700,000 users and had processed about $12 billion in transactions since its launch in 2013.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2020

Instead, they mostly provide a pre-paid card attached to a much slicker digital user experience (UX). VB agreed, but he and Webster both said they believe the next generation of challengers coming from massive tech enterprises like Apple and Google will offer more of a genuine threat.

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