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Mobile Payments: Samsung To Tackle Africa And Google The App Landscape

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Meanwhile, Samsung is tackling the African market ahead of Apple and Android, and Google announces a way to avoid app downloads. Riders with NFC-enabled mobile phones will be able to download the EASY Card, and for those without NFC-enabled phones, the app will provide a display-generated ticket and one with a bar code.

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Standard Chartered Unveils Digital Card Issuance; UnionPay Inks Cooperation Agreements

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Standard Chartered Bank has unveiled instant digital credit issuance in Singapore to shorten the process of accessing a credit card, according to reports. Applicants can activate their cards after they attain immediate approval for their applications. They can then add their cards to wallets from Google Pay, Samsung Pay and Apple Pay.

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SoFi’s Trading Volume Surges, User Base Nearly Triples

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The idea here was to give millennials and Gen Z, our target audience, access to a diversified portfolio of new economy companies and gig economy companies,” Noto said. The news comes as Samsung Electronics America, Inc. The virtual card will instantaneously show up in Samsung Pay at the time of approval.

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Heads Up, Millennials: Chick-Fil-A Wants To Buy You Breakfast

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Lage and the release cited a recent Russell Research survey reporting that more than three quarters of millennial parents “being on the run,” with 60 percent wishing they had 15 more minutes to spend with their family. So, why not spend those 15 minutes over a free piping-hot fried chicken biscuit?

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Chase Sapphire Brand Expanding Into Checking Accounts

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is expanding the Sapphire credit card brand into new areas of personal finance, including checking accounts. With the new checking accounts, customers will get access to sporting events and other entertainment, just as Sapphire Reserve credit card customers do. JPMorgan Chase & Co.

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Five At Five: How Amazon Wields Influence In Real Estate

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In other news, Samsung Pay is making a bid to move beyond payments, and young Chinese consumers recently boosted overseas use of Alipay. Samsung Pay Launches Mobile Shopping And Rewards Features. One of those features uses Bixby, Samsung’s intelligence platform, to enable Samsung Pay users to shop via their smartphone cameras.

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Five Innovative Ways Consumers Shop In The Digital Age

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And payment innovators are taking note, with Samsung Pay bringing new shopping and rewards features to its mobile payment service. When consumers point their cameras at an object, Bixby Shopping identifies it and directs that shopper to an eCommerce site operated by a Samsung partner. These apps can be quite entertaining too.