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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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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Although no iPhones made a surprise appearance as some had hoped, there was no shortage of new Apple products to gawk over on Tuesday (Sept. Two new Apple Watches took center stage, as did the Apple One subscription product and its various pricing tiers. Here’s a rundown of what Apple did announce: An Apple Watch Upgrade.

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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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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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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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JANUARY 1, 2021

If 2020 was the year of streaming media, of content done a million different ways, of apps and Apple, and Google’s and Amazon’s algorithms … it was also the year of Big Tech regulation, where 2020 set the stage for a 2021 that could be seismic in changing the way companies — from Facebook to Apple to debt collectors — interact with consumers.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Now that iOS 14 is available, there has never been a better time to get your app up and running with the latest operating system. Apple added a Picture in Picture mode to the iPad in iOS 13, so its not exactly new, but it is a new feature added to iPhone in iOS 14. Apple has really stepped up privacy protection for their users.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

It may not be that easy for Apple , a tech giant that seems to have missed one of the most important anchors of connected commerce – the home – along with trendlines that suggest the smartphone is slowly becoming less central to the consumer and the commerce experience. Apple is investing heavily to make sure they stay on that list.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

In a roundup of today’s top retail stories: The automotive market continues its comeback with a digital spin, conversational commerce is the next big pandemic-fueled trend, and Tiffany said that its preliminary sales results for August and September 2020 are positive. Tiffany Upbeat on Sales, Operating Earnings Amid COVID-19 Comeback.

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APRIL 4, 2019

Apple AirPods are priced between $159 and $199. The main thing holding back Amazon’s product growth is its lack of a mobile phone or operating system. Apple and Google, on the other hand, have built-in audiences for their respective digital assistants. Like Apple’s offerings, the buds will come with a charging case.

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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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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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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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FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Apple | Spotify | Amazon | Google | Stitcher. In 2016, Jon joined fan and light maker Big Ass Fans as its first chief operating officer. podcast , we interview Jon Bostock, best-selling author, innovator, co-founder and CEO of Truman’s and learn how brands that innovate will win in a rapidly changing digital-first economy.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Apple registered a reply and counterclaims in its legal saga with Epic Games , contending that the developer broke its agreement with Apple as it also asked for damages in a conflict that arose on August 13, CNBC reported. Apple then halted the game maker’s developer account on Aug. after going as high as $515.14

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Apple and Google executives may be wondering if there's an app for, "time to call the lawyers.". 8) issued a news release stating that it will look at the market power the two companies exert in the country. Meanwhile, Apple faces a probe of its App Store practices in the European Union. Public input will be accepted until Oct.

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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. Not with a bang but a whimper?

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AUGUST 28, 2019

Apple said it was sorry for allowing contractors to listen to what people said to Siri, CNBC reported on Wednesday (Aug. Human review for Siri recordings helps Apple improve the recognition and understanding algorithms that Siri uses to operate, the company has said. Apple said the grading process had reviewed less than 0.2

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FEBRUARY 12, 2025

These changes require significant adjustments in risk management, compliance frameworks, and operational protocols. Enforcing consumer protections will become a gray area, creating operational headaches for consumers and financial institutions.

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JANUARY 20, 2020

As Goldman Sachs seeks further expansion in the South African economy, the financial services company joined the Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s interest-rate and currency-derivatives market, Bloomberg reported on Monday (Jan. The filings also indicated that interest income would be spread across operating segments.

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JULY 26, 2021

Companies like Amazon, Apple, and Google have innovated the path for customer experience and integration, but the experience standards set by these CX leaders transcend all industries. Product-centric models that have been built to support carrier operations often result in a fragmented, difficult-to-navigate customer experience.

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JULY 11, 2022

Since Square purchased Afterpay, customers can get an Afterpay card to use with participating retailers that operate with Square, which lets customers use Afterpay for in-store purchases. Fintech enthusiasts should also keep a close watch on Apple’s newly unveiled BNPL system, Apple Pay Later.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Apple will adhere to Russia’s demands that the technology conglomerate change the way the Crimean peninsula is displayed on Apple’s Weather and Maps apps, according to BBC reports. The BBC said this change seems to be reflected on iPhones within Russia on devices set up to use the Russian version of Apple’s App Store.

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JANUARY 25, 2019

Here’s another headache for Apple , which is already dealing with weakening iPhone sales : Its hold on Chinese mobile consumers looks set to weaken, at least over the long term, thanks to an app update designed to make the WeChat app even stickier than it already is. Apple Service Business. Mini Programs. Chinese Mobile Ecosystems.

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JANUARY 8, 2020

The post did not say when Amex would start operations in the country. Final approval from the PBOC is still required in order for Amex to begin operating there. China aims to open up the market to international companies, as many foreign firms have been lobbying to enter the country for about 10 years.

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It refers to the rules, institutions, people, markets, and agreements that make payment exchanges possible. However, retail and wholesale payment systems are operated by public and private sector entities, which are responsible for communicating information about individual payment transactions and settling transactions.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2019

s Tesco Bank unveiled Apple Siri functionality for its mobile app, state-owned firms in Indonesia are combining their mobile payments efforts through LinkAja, and the U.K. ’s s Tesco Bank unveiled Apple Siri functionality to help clients check the balances in their accounts in its mobile app, according to reports. And the U.K.’s

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AUGUST 5, 2020

“For us, the revolution starts with the market,” said Co-founder and CEO Joshua Silberstein. The market is fundamentally changing, and as the market changes, so do the sources of competitive advantage. We do a complete marketing overhaul,” Silberstein explained. “We company to reach profitable unicorn status.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2020

News came this week that a (virtual) meeting between regulators and Big Tech – which would center on draft proposals that might impact their very operations on the Continent –has been postponed briefly from Nov. The meeting would include marquee names such as Facebook, Apple, Alphabet and several others. 24 to Dec 2. As noted by Yahoo!

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OCTOBER 18, 2020

“The iPhone is more important than any device, even though we have great devices already from Samsung and others,” Johan Wibergh , chief technology officer of Vodafone, which operates 5G networks in seven European countries, told the paper. 3 that Apple ordered 75 million 5G iPhones prior to unveiling its new lineup on Oct.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

For Big Tech, the bleeding may come from cuts, here and there, targeting individual agreements and operations. Vestager has said the injunctions would be more widely deployed as antitrust investigations continue into Google, Amazon and Apple, among others. “If

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DECEMBER 16, 2019

Visa, and more specifically Visa Direct, made two great pushes for outward expansion, while Apple is working to push both its new card and its new line of phones, possibly in reaction to its China slowdown. During Apple’s last earnings call, CEO Tim Cook hinted this development was on the way. This week we saw a little bit of both.

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JANUARY 21, 2021

In an interview with PYMNTS, Avi Cohen , co-founder and CEO of FinTech company The Floor , said boosting digital offerings and bringing new ones to market demands quick decision making as banks seek to improve user experience and user engagement. Launching Into New Markets. That’s the end game for many of the banks: the time to market.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2020

brands from Apple to Nike made strong showings. and Apple Inc. For example, the definition of “relative market” means that companies in a “dominant position” if they control more than 50 percent of the market would come under the new regulations. According to Bloomberg , “during the first 111 minutes of sales on Nov.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The first was that American mobile-wallet providers pretty much avoided it, starting with Apple eschewing QR codes in 2014 in favor of the higher-tech (and more secure) NFC technology. Apple might have once picked NFC over QR, but is now taking a second look as it contemplates building QR tech into its own offering. Second, U.S.

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APRIL 10, 2019

CVS, for instance, brought support for the Apple Pay mobile wallet to stores across the country, per reports in October. Get your essentials in a flash,” Apple said in a marketing email, according to reports. 7-Eleven also started to accept Google Pay and Apple Pay at most of its U.S. locations, per reports last year.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Looks like the digital advertising and marketing sectors are in for a reckoning. That’s a bad moon rising for some Big Data operators. For example, the Monetary Authority of Singapore is granting five licenses to FinTechs in an effort to drive innovation in a banking market still tightly controlled by legacy institutions.

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