Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Remember how Apple joined the growing number of merchants refusing to offer Black Friday deals last year? The company announced yesterday, on a special section on its website, that it will offer a one-day, online-only sales event this Friday. Well, the deals are back, but not in a way you’d expect. Read More.

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AUGUST 28, 2020

In today’s news, Facebook called out Apple on its fee structure and transparency, and D.C.’s Facebook Calls Out Apple on Fees, Transparency. alleges that Apple demanded it remove a message in its app that told customers about the computer giant’s 30 percent cut of online sales for its new events feature. Facebook Inc.

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DECEMBER 19, 2019

In an effort to minimize future dependence on rivals Google and Apple, Facebook plans to develop its own operating system (OS), according to The Information. Mark Lucovsky, a former Microsoft engineer and co-author of the Windows NT operating system will lead the project. “We

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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.". Issues to be examined include the use and sharing of data by apps, the extent of competition between Google and Apple’s app stores, and whether more pricing transparency is needed in Australia’s mobile apps market," the news release states. “We

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OCTOBER 29, 2019

The EU is looking even further into possible antitrust violations regarding Apple , with regulators trying to find out if online sales companies were ordered to use the tech giant’s mobile payment service instead of rival services.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

But there seems to be a hurdle, and it has to do with Apple — a story that shows how the pending political and economic move is having an impact on the technology that helps power payments and commerce. The problem is Apple does not give developers full access to the NFC chip inside iPhones,” according to that report on Friday.

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

It was a busy week for commerce and payments, as Apple Pay turned six and J.P. We have deep dives on Apple Pay, cross-border invoices and J.P. Apple Pay At Six: How Consumers Are Using It At The Physical Point Of Sale. Where does Apple Pay stand today? Morgan Chase’s QuickAccept. Tracker and Reports.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Goldman Sachs said it doled out about $10 billion in credit lines in just over month for the Apple -branded credit card, Bloomberg reported on Friday (Nov. According to regulatory filings made public this week, Apple Card? There are no fees with the card, and it integrates with Apple Pay and the iOS Wallet app.

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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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NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Goldman Sachs said it doled out about $10 billion in credit lines in just over month for the Apple -branded credit card, Bloomberg reported on Friday (Nov. According to regulatory filings made public this week, Apple Card? There are no fees with the card, and it integrates with Apple Pay and the iOS Wallet app.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Apple has joined the Fast Identity Online (FIDO) Alliance, an organization that wants to get rid of passwords for logging in, according to reports. The news broke when French website MacG posted a tweet that showed the Apple logo and the text “New Board Member.”.

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JANUARY 30, 2018

30) that it’s partnering with Apple Pay to create a “Buy Now” button for its merchants. In a press release, Volusion said merchants can now accept Apple Pay , eliminating the need for customers to enter their payment, shipping or contact information every time they make a purchase online. “In Apple is too with its iOS 11.3,

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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 As PYMNTS noted on Tuesday (Oct.

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AUGUST 27, 2019

Menlo Park-based Enjoy Technology , the eCommerce startup led by Ron Johnson, former VP of retail operations for Apple, has raised an additional $150 million in Series C funding, TechCrunch reported on Tuesday (Aug. Enjoy Technology operates in 54-plus U.S. The funding will go toward U.K. markets and will be offered in 11 U.K.

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APRIL 14, 2019

Apple , aiming to move beyond the iPhone to drive sales, is reportedly spending millions of dollars to acquire new video games to be part of the subscription gaming service it will roll out later this year. Apple has stiff rivals in the gaming market. The aim is to drive more recurring revenue from online services.

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AUGUST 7, 2020

Apple Buys Mobeewave for $100M. Apple has purchased Canadian company Mobeewave, which will allow it to create mobile pay hubs out of iPhones. Barrons: Online Lender Kabbage Shopping for Buyers. Report: Skillz Takes Bowling Online — And Strikes Out Bad Actors (Digital Identity Tracker) . Trackers and Reports.

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JANUARY 11, 2019

But consolidation looms, according to some observers, and online food delivery services will eventually have to shift more focus away from consumers and toward restaurant operators in order to thrive in a crowded marketplace. Meanwhile, the eCommerce operator and logistics heavyweight continues investing in its delivery fleet.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Can Oprah Winfrey help lead Apple to new frontiers of digital commerce? Or is the media mogul and longstanding promoter of reading merely another aid in Apple’s apparent ongoing quest to be more like Amazon? It also follows, by about a year or so, Apple’s rebranding of its iBook feature to Apple Books.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Can Oprah Winfrey help lead Apple to new frontiers of digital commerce? Or is the media mogul and longstanding promoter of reading merely another aid in Apple’s apparent ongoing quest to be more like Amazon? It also follows, by about a year or so, Apple’s rebranding of its iBook feature to Apple Books.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

EXCLUSIVE – Green Dot has leveraged its bank-as-a-service in deals with both Apple and Intuit. The company announced on its earnings call yesterday that it was powering the newly announced Apple Pay Cash P2P payment service, as well as offering a prepaid card to customers of Intuit’s TurboTax software.

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JULY 19, 2017

bank, has now added Apple Pay support as an online payment method, which means customers can add their Starling debit card to Apple Wallet. According to a news report , with the mobile pay support, customers can make online payments via their Apple devices. to offer in-app provisioning for Apple Pay.

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MARCH 25, 2019

The Apple event, heavy on subscription commerce offerings, took place at time when the company is trying to find more revenue from services given recent stumbles with iPhone sales — a move that seems to be pleasing at least some investors lately. Magazine Subscriptions. One selling point of this service?

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NOVEMBER 2, 2018

After Halloween comes the lucrative holiday shopping season — sorry, Thanksgiving, but you’re only a speed bump — but there are serious questions about how happy the fourth quarter will be for some big eCommerce operators. Online spending will increase nearly 15 percent compared with last year, reaching $124.1 Apple Woes.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Instead of opening on Thanksgiving, Walmart has been promoting a plan to " spread out the savings ” from a single day to three events held throughout November, both in-store and online. Meanwhile, Best Buy has also been pointing customers online during the pandemic, saying that “this year, we’re doing Black Friday all season long.”.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 14, 2016

Yesterday, Apple announced a number of features for both iOS and its desktop operating system, renamed macOS, but the one that struck the payments community was the announcement that Apple Pay was moving to Safari on both desktop and mobile. Just how important is this development, however?

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Celent Banking

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Yesterday Apple announced entering the payments space with Apple Pay, a new way to pay in physical stores and mobile apps. At Celent we also published a report in March this year called Apple in Payments: What to Expect? In fact, those devices are only limited today to the newly announced iPhone 6 models and the Apple Watch.

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OCTOBER 24, 2019

So far, the young life of the Apple Card has turned out pretty — perhaps even spectacularly — good, depending on the source. The recent news about Apple Card includes a big thumbs-up from Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon. Apple Pay?. 23), he shared his early thoughts about Apple Card with Karen Webster from PYMNTS.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2020

In today’s top payments news, the New York attorney general accused the Taxi and Limousine Commission of drastically inflating the price of taxi medallions, and Apple is debating letting users change their default apps. Apple Considers Letting Users Change Default Apps. NYC Taxi Commission Accused Of $810 Million Fraud.

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JULY 2, 2018

Apple has long been in the lead to become the first $1 trillion company based on its stock market value, but Amazon, the nation’s leading eCommerce player, is closing in on the iPhone maker. Apple was within $50 billion of it in early June, noted Bloomberg. At the same time, however, Amazon has been gaining steam.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2019

For Apple , there seems to be an increasing interest in its digital wallet, and how the firm is competing in the payments realm. As noted, Apple Pay is available across all EU member states, and there are estimates that the vast majority of users are located outside the U.S. The bill would also let users opt out of curated content.

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MAY 8, 2017

The UK’s top retailers are facing tough competition online from U.S.-based based sites, with Apple and Google Shopping joining a list already led by American imports Amazon and eBay. According to eMarketer , February 2017 data from comScore MMX shows Apple and Google Shopping placed fifth and sixth, respectively, among the U.K.’s

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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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NOVEMBER 11, 2019

The Apple Card’s Big Launch. Early accounts seem to indicate that the just-launched Apple -branded credit card is finding its way into customers’ hands, and into heavy use. According to issuer Goldman Sachs , they have opened up about $10 billion in credit lines in just over month for the Apple Card.

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JUNE 27, 2016

This, everyone, is the Apple Pay story, 20 months post-launch. . Working with our partner, InfoScout, we fielded our latest quarterly consumer study of Apple Pay adoption and usage in early June and just completed our analysis. We now have observations every quarter since the launch of Apple Pay. PLEASE GIVE ME A TRY!

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DECEMBER 7, 2017

Amazon takes another swing at Etsy, Apple catches up in the proprietary Pay game and Facebook matriculates a new generation of social media users with its new Messenger product for kids — this and more of the latest news from the Frightful Five, just in case you missed it. It’s finally here: with the iOS 11.2 Microsoft.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

A new survey has found that big retailers like Apple and Nike are losing favor in China, as consumers are showing a preference towards local brands. Online payment operator Alipay, owned by an affiliate of Alibaba, topped the list, while food delivery service Meituan Dianping broke into the top 10 for the first time.

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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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