PYMNTS

AUGUST 15, 2019

The Apple Card looms, with a rollout that began last week through Goldman Sachs, and according to at least one analysis, the card might underwhelm consumers, lead to muted results (at least at the outset) for its tech and banking backers, and for Goldman, even lead to losses, depending on the economic climate. Maybe initially.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

It would be “odd” for Apple Inc. to offer a jointly developed credit card with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and not with Synchrony Financial, MoffettNathanson analyst Lisa Ellis said, since Synchrony dominates the market for co-brand offerings. Goldman must be offering Apple a very good deal,” Ellis said by email.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2019

Three years ago, I wrote a piece in which I said Apple had become the kind of company that Steve Jobs once said he never wanted it to be: one that follows the lead of others. Jobs felt so strongly that he said he’d rather gamble Apple’s future instead of trying to one-up everyone else after the fact. Copycatting in Cupertino.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Mao, whose company provides solutions for payments, prepaid cards and gift cards, said the only way for merchants to go is forward, because going back isn’t an option. Digital Gift Cards ’ Growth. For instance, people are simply directing more spend at gift cards this holiday season. Not All ‘Gift’ Cards Are Gifts .

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 21, 2017

The neobank has been busy in those five months, reporting growth in card transaction volume as well as in customers; the bank has now processed €5 billion in transactions, according […].

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PYMNTS

JUNE 11, 2019

Apple Pay has added support for users in the Netherlands and also expanded services for Revolut users , according to reports. All Apple Watch, iPad, Mac and iPhone users can use the service wherever it’s accepted. Apple Pay has recently been rolling out internationally in many different countries, and is also growing in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Smaller companies were the focus of innovation in the commercial card space this week thanks to new cards designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). American Express, Amazon Rollout Card For UK SMBs. American Express rolled out co-branded cards with Amazon for British SMBs.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

For businesses, the world market was thrown into volatility, yet soon, new opportunities emerged. For the corporate card, 2020 has been a season for dramatic shifts in how the payment tool is used and the value it adds to the enterprise. The year 2020 began inconspicuously — but in a few short weeks, everything changed. Winter Blues.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

You can see it in how investors are putting money to work in both consumer-facing and B2B startups, and how startups and incumbents are forging new partnerships to move innovation faster to market. Those conversations have largely ignored the Biggest Tech company of all, Apple, and Apple Pay. consumers showed that of the 7.75

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Expense management company DiviPay is rolling out what it says is Australia’s first Mastercard virtual commercial card for corporate payers, and the first solution in the country that combines payments with expense management automation. “Corporate card programs are costly, slow to set up and have stringent credit requirements.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 27, 2019

Credit card distribution startup Extend sees a $400 billion market opportunity in eliminating out-of-pocket spending for business expenses through the instant issuance of virtual company credit cards.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Buyers of Apple’s new iPhone 12, which will be available Oct. 23 in the United States for some models and in November for others, will get three free months of the company’s subscription Arcade service and one year of free Apple TV+, the company noted in a Tuesday (Oct. per month each for Apple TV+ and Apple Arcade after free trial.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2019

For the next quarter, Apple is looking for $52.5 The major point of concern among analysts, investors and Apple watchers was the continued decline in iPhone sales revenue. The iPhone is still Apple’s cash engine – responsible for 53.3 The year has seen increasing focus on Apple’s up-and-coming revenue engine.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2019

While commercial card innovation certainly accelerated in 2018, progress can always continue. Morgan Managing Director and Head of Commercial Card Product Management Naney Pandit says should be a focus this year is in mobilizing the corporate card. One area of development that J.P. Following The Consumer Trend.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Dutch antitrust regulators have launched an investigation into freedom of choice regarding payment apps and is eyeing Apple Pay’s limitations, Bloomberg reported. Although the antitrust regulator didn’t mention Apple by name, it said in a press release on Friday (Dec. Apple has denied any outside access to the chip.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

The stock price is off nearly 7 percent , even though its trillion-dollar market cap remains intact. Analysts and the media smelled blood in the water after CEO Tim Cook said Apple would stop reporting unit sales of its products, including its crown jewel, the iPhone, next quarter. So, how’s Apple going to make that up?

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Perficient

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Have you heard about Mini Apps or Apple’s new App Clips feature? Both concepts are relatively new, with Apple’s App Clips becoming available in IOS 14 this month (see our Prepare Your App for IOS 14 introduction ). You can even use Apple security to sign-in to your app without prompting with a form to fill in.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Apple is hoping its new 5G iPhones will help it bridge a gap in sales in China, where it has been beaten out by rivals like Huawei, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports. But in China, the phone wasn't seen on display at an Apple store in Shanghai. On Tuesday (Oct. in recent years.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2020

As B2B FinTechs explore the value of the commercial card, they’re integrating card payment capabilities across more scenarios, from vendor payments to employee expense management. BofA Expands Contactless Biz Card Service. Apple Pay Lands More Commercial Cards. Center Wields Cards For Expense Management.

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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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Perficient

JULY 11, 2022

Afterpay does not perform a hard credit check on users, but it can still affect credit if users have a credit card as the form of payment connected to their Afterpay account or if they fail to pay back their loans. Fintech enthusiasts should also keep a close watch on Apple’s newly unveiled BNPL system, Apple Pay Later.

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South State Correspondent

JULY 24, 2023

Film quality aside, there have been few movies in the history of the World that have done a better job at marketing than Barbie. This article highlights these lessons and applies them to marketing deposits. We will also stipulate that you don’t have $100mm to spend on a marketing budget. Marketing made it so.

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Abrigo

MARCH 18, 2025

It refers to the rules, institutions, people, markets, and agreements that make payment exchanges possible. Card networks (Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover) Process payments between merchants, consumers, and financial institutions. Payment card networks in the U.S. Commercial wire transfers from U.S. handled 92.1

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 30, 2019

Apple’s mobile payment service Apple Pay helped the company’s services business revenue grow 19% year-over-year to reach an all-time high of $10.9 Apple Pay processed over 1.8 billion in the first quarter of 2019.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Banco Santander announced that it has hired Trish Burgess, formerly of Apple, to head up its peer-to-peer (P2P) payments department, according to a release. At Apple, Burgess provided insight and direction for the Apple Card , working with the engineering, product, marketing and operations teams from both Apple and Goldman Sachs.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2019

Venmo, the digital payments company, is reportedly considering launching credit cards as a way to profit from its large customer base. Venmo, which is owned by PayPal, is reportedly settling on Synchrony Financial to issue the Venmo credit card. Venmo isn’t the only one that is eyeing the credit card market.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 22, 2019

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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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2020

PEPSI promises to rival not only the two credit card giants, but also other financial technology companies including Google , Apple , Alipay and WeChat Pay. . In 2011, PYMNTS reported on the Monnet Project , where two dozen European banks from seven countries considered starting a new European card system.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2020

percent, of consumers reported they would be highly likely to seek banking services with Amazon , Apple or Google — while another 23.5 The good news, particularly for smaller FIs, is their ability to be nimbler, build more partnerships and roll out to market with advance capability more quickly. Meanwhile, 28.5

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

It’s a concept Rob Orgel, now the new president and chief operating officer at Flywire , told Karen Webster was foundational to his decade-long career at Apple — where he was part of the leadership team that developed, rolled out and grew the Apple Pay business. Flywire announced his appointment Tuesday (Nov.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2020

When Apple releases its latest iteration of the iPhone this fall, it seems that the company will also be announcing the latest evolution in its rapidly expanding Services ecosystem. 13), Bloomberg quoted unnamed Apple sources as saying that the tech firm will be rolling out new subscription bundles for digital services.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2020

Apple gave the green light to bug repairs to the Hey iOS app after its developer, Basecamp , complained about the unfairness of the rules governing the App Store but pledged to make changes to a new version of its app at the suggestion of an Apple executive.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2021

City National Bank has enlisted New York City FinTech Extend to enable the bank’s clients to offer virtual corporate cards to employees, vendors and other business partners, the companies announced in a press release. Replacing them is much easier than replacing plastic cards. With Extend, City National is the first issuer in the U.S.

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Accenture: Banking

OCTOBER 9, 2019

The credit card partnership market is off to an aggressive start in 2019, given issuers’ robust activity in the first half to try to fuel new growth amidst a leveling-off in receivables. Already, 10 new credit card programs launched in the second quarter of 2019 (Figure 1), compared to the 16 launched in 2018, based on our analysis.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2019

certification: They must, for instance, resolve issues when a payment reader’s too-powerful field strength results in damaged smartphones and cards. From CVS to T-Mobile , retailers and technology providers are catering to the trend of contactless payment acceptance with new solutions and methods of handling cards from customers.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2020

Android users can bring the Coinbase Card directly to their Google Pay wallets, the company said in a post. The Coinbase Card is a debit card funded by digital currency. And, after customers request a Coinbase Card, they can add their cards to Google Pay and begin to use their crypto prior to the arrival of their tangible cards.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 9, 2019

launched a credit card last month, hoping to upend a $175 billion industry much like it did the phone business. At a splashy event, the company made a simple sales pitch and showed off the titanium product in a slick video. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook called it the "most significant change" to […].

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